| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Anthony — Brazito Battlefield |
| | One of the few battles of the Mexican War to be fought in New Mexico occured near here on Christmas Day, 1846. U.S. troops under Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan defeated a Mexican army commanded by General Antonio Ponce de León. Two days later, Doniphan entered El Paso without opposition. — Map (db m6552) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Anthony — Butterfield Trail |
| | Stagecoaches of the Butterfield Overland Mail Co. began carrying passengers and mail from St. Louis to San Francisco, across southern New Mexico, in 1858. The 2,795-mile journey took 21-22 days. In 1861 the service was re-routed through Salt Lake City. Here the trail followed the Rio Grande northward to La Mesilla.
[other side]
Espejo's Expedition On the Camino Real Trying to locate two Franciscan friars, Antonio de Espejo in 1582 led an expedition up the Rio Grande near here. . . . — Map (db m6553) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Anthony — Jefferson Davis Highway — New Mexico |
| | Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy 1955. — Map (db m6555) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Anthony — Oñate’s Route — On the Camino Real |
| | Juan de Oñate, first governor of New Mexico, passed near here with his colonizing expedition in May, 1598. Traveling north, he designated official campsites (called parajes) on the Camino Real, used by expeditions that followed. In Oñate's caravan were 129 men, many with their families and servants. [side 2] El Camino Real The King's Highway The oldest historical road in the United States, running over 2000 miles from Mexico City to Taos. Parts of the Camino Real were used by . . . — Map (db m6549) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Hatch — Hatch — Population 1,028 - Elevation 4,055 |
| | Originally established as Santa Barbara in 1851, Apache raids drove the settlers away until 1853 when nearby Fort Thorn was established. Abandoned again in 1860 after the fort closed, it was reoccupied in 1875 and re-named for General Edward Hatch, then Commander of the New Mexico Military District. — Map (db m24745) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — All Servicemen and Women |
| | In memory of:
all Servicemen and Women
of the Armed Forces
who served their God and Country
Dedicated July 4, 1957
by Ray McCorkle Post No. 3242
Veterans of Foreign Wars — Map (db m6989) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — Butterfield Overland Trail — South Central Region |
| | Overland mail stage line,
St. Louis to San Francisco
1858-1861
Forerunner to the Pony Express — Map (db m6987) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — Doña Ana County Courthouse and Jail |
| | has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1850 — Map (db m26924) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — Head Quarters, Dept. of New Mexico — Fort Fillmore, Nov. 15th, 1854 |
| | I. The laws of the United States having been extended by proclamation over the Mesilla Valley and the territory recently acquired from the Republic of Mexico, the undersigned as military Commander of the same directs that Lt. Colonel Miles 3rd Infantry proceed to the town of Mesilla, with a part of the garrison of Fort Fillmore, and there hoist the National Flag at noon on this day.
II. The Flag will be honored with a Federal Salute.
III. For the information of all concerned it is hereby . . . — Map (db m6991) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — La Mesilla |
| | After the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which concluded the Mexican War in 1848, the Mexican government commissioned Cura Ramón Ortiz to settle Mesilla. He brought families from New Mexico and from Paso del Norte (modern Ciúdad Juárez) to populate the Mesilla Civil Colony Grant, which by 1850 had over 800 inhabitants. — Map (db m6986) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — Plaza de Mesilla |
| | Conservation made possible by grants from
United States Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
New Mexico
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
and by matching funds from the
Town of Mesilla
and individual contributions
1976~1977 — Map (db m6988) |
| New Mexico (Dona Ana County), Mesilla — The Gadsden Purchase Celebration |
| | The Gadsden Purchase celebration held at Mesilla New Mexico in 1854.
By A. J. Fountain Sr. — Map (db m6992) |
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