Lordsburg in Hidalgo County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 6, 2010

1. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Marker

Inscription. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument was established in 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt to protect the prehistoric material culture of the Mogollon people and others who inhabited this area. The first scientific description of a pueblo ruin on the upper Gila River was written in 1874 by Henry Wetherbee Henshaw of the Wheeler Geographical Surveys of the Territories of the United States West of the 100th Meridian.

Topics and series. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #26 Theodore Roosevelt series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1907.

Location. 32° 21.15′ N, 108° 44.567′ W. Marker is in Lordsburg, New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. It can be reached from Interstate 10 at milepost 20. Marker is at the Lordsburg Visitor Center,in the passageway to the left of the visitor center entrance. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lordsburg NM 88045, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is in Southwest New Mexico. 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

and also the Gadsden Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shakespeare (within shouting distance of this marker); Lordsburg (within shouting distance of this marker); The Women of Shakespeare (within shouting distance of this

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marker); a different marker also named Lordsburg (approx. 0.6 miles away); Lordsburg-Hidalgo Library (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Lordsburg (approx. 2.4 miles away); Camp Lordsburg (approx. 3.8 miles away).

Photographed by PaulwC3, July 19, 2013

2. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 6, 2010

3. Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Marker

Lordsburg Visitor Center, NM image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 20, 2010

4. Lordsburg Visitor Center, NM

Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument Marker is in the passageway to the left of the visitor center entrance.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 30, 2018. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,313 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 20, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. 2. submitted on July 24, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. 3, 4. submitted on November 20, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.