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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-a6513_white-oaks_Carrizozo-NM.html
White Oaks grew rapidly after the discovery of gold in 1869. From tent city to bustling mining town, it was the largest town in Lincoln County with cultural events and an occasional bandit. Gold depletion and failure to grant railroad right-of-way…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YH3_susan-mcsween-barber-cattle-queen-of-new-mexico-1845-1931_Carrizozo-NM.html
Her second husband was George Barber. Under the Desert Land Act, they patented 400 acres in 1883. The act required irrigating the land and in 1881 Susan built a dam across Three Rivers stream and a half-mile ditch to convey water to her property. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVY_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVW_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVV_malpais_Carrizozo-NM.html
Spanish explorers called this extensive lava flow malpais, or badlands. The river of lava that flowed down this "Valley of Fires" erupted from a volcano some 7 miles north of here about 1000 years ago. Extending through the valley for 44 miles, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVU_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUVT_carrizozo_Carrizozo-NM.html
Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is nearby. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett, Governor Lew Wallace, …