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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSCU_yucca-plains-yucca_Deming-NM.html
Marker Front:Wide alluvial plains of Southwest New Mexico are feature of basin and range province with isolated fault block mountains scattered like islands from a sandy sea. Volcanic rocks form most of Cedar Mountains to south and Pyramid Mountai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPN6_o-b-mcclintock-bank-clock_Silver-City-NM.html
Returned to this, its original location through the generosity of Wells Fargo Bank, successor to the American National Bank, which occupied this corner for 55 years.
The Town of Silver City
Council MembersMayor Terry FortneberryJudy WardNick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPN5_municipal-museum_Silver-City-NM.html
Silver City Centennial1970Municipal Museum Town of Silver CityNew MexicoBuilt in 1881 as a private home for Harry B. Ailman Acquired by the town of Silver City in 1926 and dedicated as a historical museum by the town of Silver City in July 1967
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPN2_gfwc-silver-city-womens-club_Silver-City-NM.html
This Pueblo Revival style building has served as the GFWC social and volunteer center since 1936.
Site No. 1830
A Register cultural PropertyState of New Mexico
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPN1_fort-bayard_Silver-City-NM.html
Has been designated aNational Historic Landmark
For the important role it played in the military and medical history of southwest New Mexico
This fort possesses National Significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLC_mccomas-incident_Silver-City-NM.html
In March 1883, Judge and Mrs. H.C. McComas were killed in this vicinity by a group of Chiricahua Apaches led by Chatto. An extensive manhunt failed to rescue their six-year-old son, who had been taken captive. This incident was part of a violent o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLB_silver-city_Silver-City-NM.html
Silver City is located in the midst of rich mineral deposits. The Santa Rita Copper Mines, opened in 1805, were the second such mines operating in what is now the U.S. A silver strike in 1870 began the commercial mining for which the area is still…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPLA_pinos-altos_Silver-City-NM.html
Once the seat of Grant County, Pinos Altos, survived conflicts with the Apache. A gold discovery in 1860 by three 49ers from California stimulated a boom that led to the establishment of this mining camp which produced over $8,000,000 of gold, sil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPL9_ladies-auxiliary-of-local-890_Bayard-NM.html
After eight failed negotiating sessions and the expiration of their labor contract, Mexican-American workers at nearby Empire Zinc mine struck for wage and benefit equality. When an injunction prohibited union members from picketing, the women - w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPL8_kneeling-nun_Bayard-NM.html
Most famous of the many historic landmarks in the Black Range country is the Kneeling Nun. So named for its resemblance to a nun kneeling in prayer before a great alter. Many legends have grown up around the giant monolith which rests near the sum…