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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5E_the-mountain-route_Raton-NM.html
To the north is Raton Pass, a treacherous connection through the rough mountain terrain between Colorado and New Mexico. Wagon trains traveling on the Santa Fe Trail camped here, at a trail stop called Willow Springs, to either prepare for or reco…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5D_first-automobile-in-new-mexico_Raton-NM.html
Robert L. Dodson bought a steam-powered Locomobile in Denver with plans to drive it to Albuquerque. Accompanied by a Locomobile representative, on November 30, 1900, the pair became the first motorists to traverse treacherous Raton Pass into New M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1H5C_raton_Raton-NM.html
Once the Willow Springs freight stop on the Santa Fe Trail, the town of Raton developed from A.T. & S.F. repair shops established when the railroad crossed Raton Pass in 1879. Valuable coal deposits attracted early settlers. Nearby Clifton House w…