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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E3S_hermits-peak_Las-Vegas-NM.html
From 1863 to 1867, this mountain was a home of Juan Maria Agostini, an Italian penitent who lived there as a hermit, carving crucifixes and religious emblems which he traded for food. Leaving this area, he moved to the Organ Mountains in southern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM184F_plaza-hotel_Las-Vegas-NM.html
Architect: Charles Wheelock · Contractor: John Bennett Wooten Built by a consortium led by Benigno Romero and Jean Pendaries to replace the two-story Territorial Style adobe Las Vegas Hotel.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM183O_isidor-sterns-famous-dry-good-store_Las-Vegas-NM.html
"Don Luis" Stern's trademark slogan was "La Tienda Barata"—or the inexpensive shop. Later the site of the West Las Vegas Town Hall and jail. The cells still exist in the rear of the building.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11C7_fort-union-national-monument_Las-Vegas-NM.html
Once the largest post in the Southwest, Fort Union was established to control the Jicarilla Apaches and Utes, to protect the Santa Fe Trail, and to serve as a supply depot for other New Mexico forts. The arrival of the railroad and the pacificatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11C6_hogbacks_Las-Vegas-NM.html
Interstate 25 cuts through dipping strata that form hogback ridges between the Great Plains and the south end of the Rocky Mountains. The Santa Fe Trail from here to Santa Fe, followed a natural valley eroded in less resistant strata between the m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVE_ymca-building_Las-Vegas-NM.html
Built by M.M. SundtArchitects: Issac H. & William M. RappThe YMCA was organized in Las Vegas in 1900 with Attorney A.T. Rogers as president. The "Y" flourished for two decades before closing in 1924. The building then served as the Las Vegas Hospi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVD_city-hall_Las-Vegas-NM.html
John Hill was the "supervising architect" using a Kirchner & Kirchner design. Built during a surge of civic improvements in New Town which included sidewalks, parks, and schools. Said to be the first municipal building in New Mexico. The structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVC_dr-meta-l-christy_Las-Vegas-NM.html
Side A:Meta L. Christy, DO, is recognized by the American Osteopathic Association as the first black osteopath. Dr. Christy graduated in 1921 from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine as its first black graduate. The College gives an a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVB_engine-no-1129_Las-Vegas-NM.html
The Engine was built for the Santa Fe Railroad Co. by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, in 1902 & used in regular service on various divisions of the Santa Fe Railroad in New Mexico, for 51 years. It's last trip in railroad service ended in Belen, NM,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVA_las-vegas_Las-Vegas-NM.html
Las Vegas served as an important stop on the Santa Fe Trail and later as a major railroad center. Here General Kearny announced the annexation of New Mexico by the U.S. in 1846. In 1862, during the Confederate occupation of Santa Fe, Las Vegas ser…
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