Near Watrous in Mora County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Quartermaster Clerks' Office

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 23, 2015

1. Quartermaster Clerks' Office Marker

Inscription. This building was an office for Depot Clerks and civilian workers.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Forts and Castles.

Location. 35° 54.553′ N, 105° 0.972′ W. Marker is near Watrous, New Mexico, in Mora County. It can be reached from New Mexico Route 161 7½ miles north of CanAm Highway (Interstate 25). Marker is located along the park trail at Fort Union National Monument. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3115 New Mexico Route 161, Watrous NM 87753, 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 Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Dust Bowl,

and the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Depot Officers' Quarters (within shouting distance of this

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marker); Separate Worlds (within shouting distance of this marker); Big Business for New Mexico (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Enough to Feed an Army (about 400 feet away); Commissary Storehouse (about 500 feet away); The End of the Road (about 500 feet away); Keep the Wagons Rolling (about 500 feet away); Buttons, Bowling, Billiards and Beer (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Watrous.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Fort Union National Monument

Also see . . . A History of Fort Union. By the mid-1860s as many as three thousand wagonloads of military supplies arrived annually over the Santa Fe Trail, to be stored and redistributed. The Fort Union Depot serviced all the garrisons in New Mexico as well as several as far away as Colorado and Arizona. To receipt, inventory, unload, stock, care for, recrate, invoice, and ship the enormous amount of quartermaster, subsistence, and ordnance stores that passed through the depot took a very large staff. Three sets of offices processed a blizzard of bills of lading, receipts,

Marker detail: Quartermaster Clerks' Office image. Click for full size.

2. Marker detail: Quartermaster Clerks' Office

vouchers, requisitions, abstracts, and other paperwork. (Submitted on May 2, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 23, 2015

3. Quartermaster Clerks' Office Marker

(Quartermaster Clerks' Office ruins in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 185 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 2, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.