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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKI_shalam-colony_Las-Cruces-NM.html
In 1884, Shalam Colony was established on the banks of the Rio Grande near the village of Do?a Ana by John Ballou Newbrough and a group of Utopian followers called Faithists. Newbrough's "Book of Shalam" set forth a plan for gathering the outcast …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJY_do-a-ana_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This site, named after the legendary women, Do?a Ana, is first mentioned as a paraje along the Camino Real. Spanish rested near here as they retreated from New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The community was founded in 1843 as the Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJX_bartlett-garcia_Las-Cruces-NM.html
On April 24, 1851, John Russell Bartlett for the United States and Pedro Garcia-Conde for the Republic of Mexico, erected near here a monument designating 32? 22' north latitude on the Rio Grande as the initial point for the official survey of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJW_do-a-ana-1604-1680_Las-Cruces-NM.html
The name of the county of Do?a Ana originates from Do?a Ana Robledo (1604-1680) who died near here while fleeing south with other settlers during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. She was buried below the peak that now bears her surname in the Robledo Mount…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJC_site-of-san-agust-n-springs_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Here on July 27, 1861, less than 300 Confederate troops intercepted 500 Union soldiers retreating from Fort Fillmore to Fort Stanton. Exhausted from the heat and famished for water, the Union troops straggled across the desert in a five-mile evacu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJB_san-august-n-pass_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Divide between the Tularosa Basin to the east and Jornada del Muerto to the west, cut between the Organ Mountains to the south and the San Augustin-San Andres Mountains to the north. White gypsum sands glisten to the northeast. Roadcuts are in Ter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJA_do-a-ana-county-courthouse_Las-Cruces-NM.html
County SeatLas Cruces, New MexicoBuilt 1937
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJ9_la-mesilla_Las-Cruces-NM.html
On November 16, 1854, a detachment from nearby Fort Fillmore raised the U.S. flag here confirming the Gadsden Purchase; thus the Gadsden territory was officially recognized as part of the United States. In 1858, the Butterfield stage began its run…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49E_the-gadsden-purchase-celebration_Las-Cruces-NM.html
The Gadsden Purchase celebration held at Mesilla New Mexico in 1854.? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? By A. J. Fountain Sr.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49D_head-quarters-dept-of-new-mexico_Las-Cruces-NM.html
I. The laws of the United States having been extended by proclamation over the Mesilla Valley and the territory recently acquired from the Republic of Mexico, the undersigned as military Commander of the same directs that Lt. Colonel Miles 3rd Inf…