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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKL_rio-grand-bridge-at-radium-springs_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This structure - one of the best surviving examples of timber and beam bridge construction in the state - was erected in 1933. The superstructure consists of 19 spans, each 25 feet in length. The roadway is 475 feet long. During the 1920s and 30s,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKK_fort-selden-cemetery_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Fort Selden was established nearby in 1865 to help protect the settlements of the Mesilla Valley and travelers along the Jornada del Muerto from Apache raids. The post cemetery was located in this field until the fort was abandoned in 1891. Milita…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKJ_paraje-de-robledo_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This paraje or resting place was named for Pedro Robledo, a member of the Juan de O?ate expedition, who was buried nearby on May 21, 1598. This camping place was a welcome sight for caravans entering or exiting the dreaded Jornada del Muerto, a pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPKI_shalam-colony_Las-Cruces-NM.html
In 1884, Shalam Colony was established on the banks of the Rio Grande near the village of Do?a Ana by John Ballou Newbrough and a group of Utopian followers called Faithists. Newbrough's "Book of Shalam" set forth a plan for gathering the outcast …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJY_do-a-ana_Las-Cruces-NM.html
This site, named after the legendary women, Do?a Ana, is first mentioned as a paraje along the Camino Real. Spanish rested near here as they retreated from New Mexico following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The community was founded in 1843 as the Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJX_bartlett-garcia_Las-Cruces-NM.html
On April 24, 1851, John Russell Bartlett for the United States and Pedro Garcia-Conde for the Republic of Mexico, erected near here a monument designating 32? 22' north latitude on the Rio Grande as the initial point for the official survey of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJW_do-a-ana-1604-1680_Las-Cruces-NM.html
The name of the county of Do?a Ana originates from Do?a Ana Robledo (1604-1680) who died near here while fleeing south with other settlers during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. She was buried below the peak that now bears her surname in the Robledo Mount…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJC_site-of-san-agust-n-springs_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Here on July 27, 1861, less than 300 Confederate troops intercepted 500 Union soldiers retreating from Fort Fillmore to Fort Stanton. Exhausted from the heat and famished for water, the Union troops straggled across the desert in a five-mile evacu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJB_san-august-n-pass_Las-Cruces-NM.html
Divide between the Tularosa Basin to the east and Jornada del Muerto to the west, cut between the Organ Mountains to the south and the San Augustin-San Andres Mountains to the north. White gypsum sands glisten to the northeast. Roadcuts are in Ter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPJA_do-a-ana-county-courthouse_Las-Cruces-NM.html
County SeatLas Cruces, New MexicoBuilt 1937