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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9Q_pancho-villa-state-park_Columbus-NM.html
Pancho Villa State Park commemorates the historic Columbus Raid of 1916. Ruins of Camp Furlong, headquarters for General John Pershing's expeditionary force, still exist at the park. The old Columbus Customs Service building has been restored to h…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9N_playas-siding_Animas-NM.html
In 1902, Phelps, Dodge and Company built the El Paso and Southwestern Railroad to link El Paso, Texas with the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, and eventually, with several other mining towns throughout the region. Highway 9, New Mexico's "Border …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9M_the-clanton-hideout_Animas-NM.html
The infamous Clanton Gang had two crude dugouts here in the 1880s that served as hideouts and a base for wide-ranging outlaw activities, particularly in connection with the Curly Bill Gang's depredations along the Smugglers' Trail that passed by h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP9L_smugglers-trail_Animas-NM.html
Smugglers once crossed this area with mule trains of contraband from Mexico, to be traded for merchandise in Arizona. In the summer of 1881, a group of Mexican smugglers was killed in Skeleton Canyon by members of the Clanton gang, including Old M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOG2_pueblo-of-zuni_Zuni-NM.html
The six original Zuni pueblos were the legendary "Seven Cities of Cibola" sought by Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. They were abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, and the present pueblo was settled in 1699 after the Spanish reconquest. In 1970 Zuni be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOG0_pueblo-of-zuni_Zuni-NM.html
The six original Zuni pueblos were the legendary "Seven Cities of Cibola" sought by Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. They were abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, and the present pueblo was settled in 1699 after the Spanish reconquest. In 1970 Zuni be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFY_zuni-olla-maidens-zuni-pueblo_Zuni-NM.html
The Zuni Olla Maidens are an all-women's group renowned for their skill and ability to balance fragile water jars or ollas on their heads. Historically, Zuni women collected water in ollas from nearby springs for everyday use. Today, they perform …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFD_in-memory-of-all-vietnam-veterans_Gallup-NM.html
This memorial was erected in memory of the young individuals who went to war as kids and lost their youthful dreams, and some their lives, for a cause - freedom and honor - and came back as men with the horrors of war instilled in every fiber of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFC_navajo-code-talkers_Gallup-NM.html
29 Marines prepare to depart during World War II