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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7H_john-simpson-chisum_Roswell-NM.html
John S. Chisum, a western icon, is generally recognized as the early West's most prominent cattleman. In the mid-1870s, Chisum was the largest cattle producer in the nation, with as many as 80,000 longhorn steers in his herd. Beginning as a you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DPY_the-iron-cross_Roswell-NM.html
During World War II a prisoner of war camp was established by the War Department near Orchard Park southeast of Roswell, which housed some 4800 German prisoners of war. On January 1, 1943, the first prisoners arrived here from the "Afrikacorps", R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120C_roswell_Roswell-NM.html
Roswell was a watering place for the Pecos Valley cattle drives of the 1870s and 1880s. It was incorporated in 1891 and is seat of Chaves County, named for Col. J. Francisco Chaves, Civil War Soldier and delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Terr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120B_roswell-pioneer-plaza_Roswell-NM.html
This location incorporates two of downtown Roswell's most historic buildings. East of this location is the Chaves County Courthouse, built in 1911. It is one of the best surviving examples of courthouses built in the Beaux Arts Revival "monumental…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPQS_roswell_Roswell-NM.html
Roswell was a watering place for the Pecos Valley cattle drives of the 1870s and 1880s. It was incorporated in 1891 and is seat of Chaves County, named for Col. J. Francisco Chaves, Civil War soldier and delegate to the U. S. Congress from the Ter…
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