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

Winters Drug Company

1884

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 14, 2023

1. Winters Drug Company Marker

Inscription. At age nineteen, David Chevalier Winters ran the Trinidad Enterprise newspaper before coming to Las Vegas in 1880 as a druggist. The building was later a saloon and billiard parlor.

Erected by Las Vegas Citizens' Committee for Historic Preservation.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1884.

Location. 35° 35.599′ N, 105° 13.52′ W. Marker is in Las Vegas, New Mexico, in San Miguel County. It is on Bridge Street west of Valencia Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 150 Bridge St, 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 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: Baca Building (a few steps from this marker); Isidor Stern’s “Famous” Dry Good Store (a few steps from this marker); Maloof Hall (a few steps from this marker); E. Romero Hose & Fire Co. (within shouting distance of this marker); La Plaza Vieja Partnership, Ltd. (within shouting distance of this marker); Marcellino's Music Store

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Chapman Hall/Winternitz Block (within shouting distance of this marker); Weil & Graaf Commercial Merchants/Bank Saloon (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Las Vegas.

Regarding Winters Drug Company. Excerpt from History of New Mexico: Its Resources and People by George B. Anderson (1907):

D.C. Winters, a druggist of Las Vegas, who came to the Territory in 1880, was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1854, and went to Colorado in 1873 at the age of nineteen years. His education was largely acquired in the school of experience. He was the first druggist in Trinidad, Colorado, continuing in business there until coming to New Mexico, when he entered the employ of F. E. Herbert & Company, with whom he continued for a year. Later he was employed by M. R. Griswold, and in 1886 established his drug store, which is now the oldest business of the kind in the Territory under the guidance of one man. He was originally in partnership with William Frank, who sold his interest to E. G. Murphy, and after six or seven years Mr. Winters purchased Mr. Murphy's interest and has since been alone in business.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 14, 2023

2. Winters Drug Company Marker

Also see . . . Bridge Street Historic District. National Register of Historic Places nomination (PDF) and photographs (separate PDF) submitted for the district, which includes this building and was listed in 1978. (Prepared by John O. Baxter, State Records Center and Archives, and Sylvia Cook, State Planning Office; via National Park Service) (Submitted on November 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 168 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 23, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.