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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPL7_fort-bayard-1866-1900_Santa-Clara-NM.html
One of the several posts created on the Apache frontier, Fort Bayard protected the Pinos Altos mining district. Company B of the black 125th Infantry served here, as did Lt. John J. Pershing. In 1900 the fort became a military hospital, and today …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKY_santa-rita-copper-mines_Santa-Clara-NM.html
Copper has been mined here since 1804. For five years, development by Francisco Manuel Elguea resulted in some 6,000,000 pounds of copper being transported annually to Mexico City by mule train. Brief periods of activity were halted by Apache oppo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKW_bayard_Bayard-NM.html
Sites in the surrounding hills indicate that Indians of the Mogollon culture (A.D. 300 - 1450) lived here long before the Europeans. In the late 19th century, this was a stronghold of Apaches led by Victorio and Geronimo. Today Bayard, which was i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKV_bayard_Bayard-NM.html
Sites in the surrounding hills indicate that Indians of the Mogollon culture (A.D. 300 - 1450) lived here long before the Europeans. In the late 19th century, this was a stronghold of Apaches led by Victorio and Geronimo. Today Bayard, which was i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9O_hachita_Hachita-NM.html
Located in the Little Hatchet Mountains, Hachita was founded around 1875 as a mining camp. The mountains supplied the camp not only with silver and copper, but also its name, "little hatchet." By 1884 Hachita grew to 300 residents. Soon after 1900…
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