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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EES_lordsburg_Lordsburg-NM.html
Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, near that used by the Butterfield Overland Mail Co., 1858-1861. The town was named for Delbert Lord, an engineer with the railroad. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EER_lordsburg-hidalgo-library_Lordsburg-NM.html
The Lordsburg-Hidalgo Library was founded in 1928 under the leadership of Bethel Vernon Fuller (1888-1976). Mrs. Fuller, president of the Library Board of Trustees from 1928-1969, raised funds to build the WPA Pueblo Revival style building, which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16MO_rodeo-intermediate-field-civil-aeronautics-authority-57a_Animas-NM.html
The intermediate field system, developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, greatly increased safety in early commercial aviation. Rodeo Intermediate Field 57A was established in 1930 to enhance navigation for Standard Airlines -later TWA- from C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM158B_camp-lordsburg_Lordsburg-NM.html
Near this site the US Army operated a camp during World War II. It opened as an internment camp for the Japanese and Japanese-American civilians from 1942-43. It later reopened as the Lordsburg Prisoner of War Camp for Germans and Italians from 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZTI_history-of-treck-through-mountains_Animas-NM.html
On November 28, 1896 the Mormon Battalion of the U. S. Army West crossed these mountains near this summit enroute to California during the Mexican War. Col. Cooke had dispatched scouts ahead to find the best route. An Indian guide, Charonneau, whi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLM_the-women-of-shakespeare_Lordsburg-NM.html
(Front):Emma Marble Muir (1873-1959)Rita Wells Hill (1901-1985)Janaloo Hill Hough (1939-2005)
Emma Marble Muir arrived at the mining town of Shakespeare in 1882. She and her daughter, Rita Wells Muir, learned to appreciate and preserve the town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLK_lordsburg_Lordsburg-NM.html
Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, near that used by the Butterfield Overland Mail Co., 1858-1861. The town was named for Delbert Lord, an engineer with the railroad. In 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLJ_shakespeare_Lordsburg-NM.html
Located at the north end of the Pyramid Mountains, near the old stage stop at Mexican Springs, Shakespeare was first known as Pyramid Station. Later named Ralston, a diamond swindle caused its collapse in 1874. The town was revived as Shakespeare …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLI_gila-cliff-dwellings-national-monument_Lordsburg-NM.html
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument was established in 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt to protect the prehistoric material culture of the Mogollon people and others who inhabited this area. The first scientific description of a pueblo ruin on the up…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLD_lordsburg_Lordsburg-NM.html
Lordsburg was founded in 1880 on the route of the Southern Pacific Railroad, near that used by the Butterfield Overland Mail Co., 1858-1861. It eventually absorbed most of the population of Shakespeare, a now-deserted mining town three miles south.