Radium Springs in Doña Ana County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Fort Selden Cemetery

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010

1. Fort Selden Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Fort Selden was established nearby in 1865 to help protect the settlements of the Mesilla Valley and travelers along the Jornada del Muerto from Apache raids. The post cemetery was located in this field until the fort was abandoned in 1891. Military personnel were reinterred at the National Cemetery at Santa Fe. A number of unmarked graves in an adjacent potters field apparently still remain.

Erected by New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Military. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.

Location. 32° 29.35′ N, 106° 55.067′ W. Marker is in Radium Springs, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County. It is on Leasburg Park Road 0.3 miles north of State Road 157, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Radium Springs NM 88054, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Rio Grande Valley.

It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the Gadsden Purchase,

and the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: History in Your Imagination (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rio Grande Means Life (approx. 0.3 miles away); Paraje de Robledo (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rio Grande Bosque (approx. 0.4 miles away); A Diversion Dam for the Valley (approx. 0.4 miles away); Changing Upland Plants

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(approx. 0.4 miles away); Rio Grandé Bridge at Radium Springs (approx. half a mile away); Paraje San Diego (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Radium Springs.

Rear of Fort Selden Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010

2. Rear of Fort Selden Cemetery Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010

3. Fort Selden Cemetery Marker

Blue Star Memorial By-Way plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010

4. Blue Star Memorial By-Way plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on October 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,260 times since then and 23 times this year. Last updated on July 30, 2025, by Bill Wingate of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 19, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.