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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OYO_miller-field-gates_Las-Cruces-NM.html
There are three markers mounted on The Gates
Marker A:
Miller Field Gates
The New Mexico A&M senior class built these gates to Miller Field in 1924. The athletic field, stretching north and west from the gates was said to be the best in the ter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OX1_maria-gutierrez-spencer_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Punished for not speaking English in school, María Gutiérrez Spencer devoted her life to validating the Indo-Hispano experience. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley and New Mexico State University, she pioneered bilingual and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWR_the-historic-green-bridge_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This structure is the oldest steel highway bridge in New Mexico, built in 1902 by Chaves County as part of the three-span Pecos River Bridge east of Roswell. There it connected the growing town with the smaller communities and ranches of the Easte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EED_pat-garrett-murder-site_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed William "Billy the Kid" Bonney at Fort Stanton in 1881, was himself murdered at a remote site nearby on February 29, 1908. Wayne Brazel, a local cowboy, confessed to shooting Garrett but …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CUJ_white-sands-missile-range_White-Sands-Missile-Range-NM.html
White Sands Proving Ground, as it was first called, is home to America's first large-scale rocket and missile launch facilities. Established in 1945, the launching here of 67 V-2 rockets and many other vehicles propelled the United States into the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M9_rio-grande_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Marker Front:The Rio Grande (big river) has been an integral part of the history of New Mexico for thousands of years. Running through the entire state, it is both its backbone and lifeblood. It originates in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM158C_las-cruces-on-the-camino-real_Las-Cruces-NM.html
In 1849, following the Mexican War, fields were first broken in Las Cruces. The town became a flourishing stop on the Camino Real, deriving its name, "The Crosses", from the marking of graves of victims of an Apache attack. Las Cruces since 1881 h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUBD_fort-selden-state-monument_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Fort Selden was established to protect settlers and railroad construction crews in the Mesilla Valley and the Jornada del Muerto from Apaches. The first regular army troops to garrison it were four companies of the black 125th Infantry. General Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUBC_paraje-san-diego_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This paraje, or stopping place, provided travelers along the Camino Real with a final opportunity to water their stock and prepare their caravans before leaving the Rio Grande Valley and entering the desolate Jornada del Muerto. Caravans on their …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUBB_jornada-del-muerto_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This stretch of the Camino Real leaves the R?? Grande and cuts across 90 miles of desert with little water or shelter. Despite its difficulty, the dreaded "Journey of the Deadman" was heavily used by Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo travelers between E…