3. Locations
Northern Sierra County
•Paraje De Fra Cristobal
•Fort Craig
Elephant Butte area
•Espejo Park
•Elephant Butte Dam
Engle area
•Jornada del Muerto
•Cuarto Centennial
Truth or Consequences
area
•Truth or Consequences
•Magnolia Ellis
•Elephant Butte Lake State Park
Caballo area
•Caballo Mountains
•Percha Creek Bridge
•Caballo Lake State Park
Hillsboro/Kingston area
•Hillsboro Historic District
•Kingston
Southwestern Sierra
County
•Lake Valley
•Mormon March
Northern Dona Ana County
•Hatch
42. Presentation: Sherry L Fletcher and
RoseAnne Roberts Archuletta
*Campo Espinoso NM
*Magnolia Ellis Chapter/Daughters of
Revolution
*Third Thursday Program Geronimo
Springs Museum
P&M Signs, Inc
Editor's Notes
New Mexico Heritage Preservation Month celebrates Roadside Historic Markers…Official Scenic Historic Markers began dotting New Mexico roadsides 78 years ago. Today, more than 680 of the distinctive, rough-hewn brown signs commemorate the state’s geographic marvels, the notorious and honorable, and sites where history was made.
Official Scenic Historic Markers began springing up along New Mexico roadsides in 1935 when Americans were taking to the highway in force. The markers capitalized on the burgeoning number of motorists, attracting them with their lively history and maps denoting points of interest. The idea was to get motorists off the highway and into nearby communities to witness New Mexico’s unique heritage and infuse local economies with some cash. New Mexico Highway/Historic Division
Antonio Espejo (1582-83) Interested in establishing a spanish Colony among the Pueblo Indians of the Rio Grande Valley
New Mexico Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers rededicated the Elephant Butte Dam National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark monument on Thursday, 24 September, 2011. Constructed as part of the U.S. Reclamation Service’s (now U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) Rio Grande Project in 1916 , the Elephant Butte Dam has seved irrigation, recreatin and other needs in the lower Rio Grande Valley for nearly 100 years. The original dedication of the dam as a National Civil Engineering Landmark was 29 March 1977, and was the 53rd out of 253 worldwide historical landmakrs such as Erie Canal, Brooklyn Bridge, Washington Monument, Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, Statue of Liberty and the Mormon tabernacle in the United States as well as international projects such as the Eiffel Tower in France, the Salginatobel Bridge in Switzerland the Acquedotto TraiaPaolo in Rome.
Who is Richard Cooper? What is his connection to the community? He was Director of the State Parks for 5 years.
How about applying for a new marker in Kingston for Sadie Orchard? Margaret Armor Reid?
Geronimo Spring…The Indians knew of the great curative powers of the mineral waters of this spring long before the white man came. Geronimo famous Apache war chief and the last to take the warpath often stopped here to bath and relax
Maybe apply for a new marker in area for Bataan vets?
New marker for Margaret Armor Reid? Lived in Kingston. (Queen of Mohair)
