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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MO_rodeo-intermediate-field-civil-aeronautics-authority-57a_Animas-NM.html
The intermediate field system, developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, greatly increased safety in early commercial aviation. Rodeo Intermediate Field 57A was established in 1930 to enhance navigation for Standard Airlines -later TWA- from C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZTI_history-of-treck-through-mountains_Animas-NM.html
On November 28, 1896 the Mormon Battalion of the U. S. Army West crossed these mountains near this summit enroute to California during the Mexican War. Col. Cooke had dispatched scouts ahead to find the best route. An Indian guide, Charonneau, whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9N_playas-siding_Animas-NM.html
In 1902, Phelps, Dodge and Company built the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad to link El Paso, Texas with the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, and eventually, with several other mining towns throughout the region. Highway 9, New Mexico's "Border …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9M_the-clanton-hideout_Animas-NM.html
The infamous Clanton Gang had two crude dugouts here in the 1880s that served as hideouts and a base for wide-ranging outlaw activities, particularly in connection with the Curly Bill Gang's depredations along the Smugglers' Trail that passed by h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9L_smugglers-trail_Animas-NM.html
Smugglers once crossed this area with mule trains of contraband from Mexico, to be traded for merchandise in Arizona. In the summer of 1881, a group of Mexican smugglers was killed in Skeleton Canyon by members of the Clanton gang, including Old M…