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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E7I_patrick-floyd-jarvis-garrett_Roswell-NM.html
In the frontier west, Pat Garrett has to be considered as one of the most famous and effective of legendary law officers. Six feet, five inches tall, he was an imposing and implacable foe of western criminals. An honest and honorable lawman, Garre…
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/HM120F_blackdom-townsite_Hagerman-NM.html
West of this location stood the now abandoned community of Blackdom. The community was founded circa 1908 by Francis Marion Boyer and his wife Ella. Several dozen African American families homesteaded nearly 15,000 acres of land and built a self-s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120E_civilian-conservation-corps_Lake-Arthur-NM.html
The Civilian Conservation Corps was established to provide employment for the nation's young men during the Great Depression of the 1930's. More than 50,000 were enrolled in the program in New Mexico between 1933 and 1942. CCC enrollees at the Lak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM120D_rio-felix-bridge_Hagerman-NM.html
Completed in 1926, the Rio Felix Bridge was one of the most important structures in New Mexico's highway system. The bridge was placed across the river at nearly a 45-degree angle to increase stability during floods. Constructed with three 144 foo…
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…