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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…
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