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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14I5_harriet-belle-amsden-sammons-1876-1954_Farmington-NM.html
Harriet was an astute financial manager and the first female bank president in New Mexico, operating the First National Bank in Farmington from 1922 until 1951. During the Depression she bought out San Juan National Bank, keeping it solvent and ap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZLR_bisti-wilderness_Farmington-NM.html
The highly scenic badlands of the Bisti were created by the erosion and weathering of interbedded shale, sandstone and coal formations into unusual forms. The area is also rich in fossil flora and fauna. 3,946 acres of the Badlands were designated…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOD4_farmington_Farmington-NM.html
Until 1876 this area comprised part of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. Anglo settlement quickly began at the confluence of the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata Rivers. Farmington became a ranching and farming area and, later, an important producer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF45_footloose-in-farmington_Farmington-NM.html
Farmington, New Mexico, the heart of the Four Corners, boasts a thriving downtown, where character, history and culture fuse in a mixture of places and events. Originally the land in what is now Northwest New Mexico was known as T?ta' in Nav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF2T_farmington-new-mexico_Farmington-NM.html
First settled 1876 to 1878 by families of William and Marion B. Hendrickson, Charles and Milton Virden, Orville Pyle, A.F. Miller and William Lock. The first school-house was built in 1879; the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1886. William Lock star…