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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDN_carthage-tokay-farley_San-Antonio-NM.html
In the 1860s, a coal field east of San Antonio was occasionally mined by soldiers for heating fuel and to fire their blacksmith ovens. In 1883, the Santa Fe railroad built a bridge across the Rio Grande at San Antonio and laid track to the new coa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDM_san-pedro_San-Antonio-NM.html
Established in the 1840s on the east bank of the Rio Grande, San Pedro became an important trading center along the Camino Real. The sister village of San Antonio, it was once known for its extensive vineyards and other agricultural produce. The v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUDL_san-antonio_San-Antonio-NM.html
Established in the mid 1600s, the mission of San Antonio de Senec? was the last outpost on the Camino Real before the Mesilla Valley to the south. Around 1820 Hispano settlers from the north re-occupied the area after the Pueblo Revolt. Conrad Hil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG4I_fort-craig_San-Antonio-NM.html
Fort Craig, which replaced Fort Conrad located about nine miles north, was established to control Indian raids along the Jornada del Muerto. Troops from Fort Craig were defeated by Confederate forces at the Battle of Valverde, 7 miles distant, in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9S6_trinity-site_San-Antonio-NM.html
The world's first atomic explosion occurred on July 16, 1945, at the Trinity Site near the north end of the historic Jornada del Muerto. It marked the beginning of the nuclear age, and the culmination of the Manhattan Project. The site, now part o…