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Las Vegas in San Miguel County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

A. Dold & Company
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Charles Emil Wesche General Merchandise Store

1870

 
 
A. Dold & Company / Charles Emil Wesche General Merchandise Store Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 23, 2015
1. A. Dold & Company / Charles Emil Wesche General Merchandise Store Marker
Inscription. Santa Fe Trail merchants, the Dold brothers built this two-story Territorial style adobe building around the nave of the town’s first church, Nuestra Seρora de los Dolores.
 
Erected by Las Vegas Citizen’s Committee for Historic Preservation.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Santa Fe Trail series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1870.
 
Location. 35° 35.544′ N, 105° 13.65′ W. Marker is in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in San Miguel County. It is at the intersection of Plaza Street and Hot Springs Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Plaza Street. Marker is mounted at eye-level on the southeast corner of the subject building, facing Plaza Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1805 Plaza Street, Las Vegas NM 87701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern New Mexico. It is also in the American Southwest, in the Mountain West, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western
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Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Veeder Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Dold Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Plaza Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Santa Fe Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Louis Ilfeld Law Office (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Maese House (about 400 feet away); Proclamation of Brigadier General Stephen W. Kearny (about 400 feet away); Romero y Baca Site/Gortner House (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Las Vegas.
 
A. Dold & Company / Charles Emil Wesche General Merchandise Store image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 23, 2015
2. A. Dold & Company / Charles Emil Wesche General Merchandise Store
(marker visible near left corner • just left of doorway)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 368 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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