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Miller Drug Store

 
 
Miller Drug Store Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010
1. Miller Drug Store Marker
Inscription. Built in 1879, this building has been a mercantile, pharmacy, grocery, post office and telephone exchange.

Site No. 1304

A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Postal Mail and Philately series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.
 
Location. 32° 55.2′ N, 107° 34.167′ W. Marker is in Hillsboro, New Mexico, in Sierra County. It is on State Road 152 at milepost 48.8, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hillsboro NM 88042, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest New Mexico and 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 and also the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sadie Orchard (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hillsboro (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ebin (Eben) Stanley (approx. 0.3 miles away); Percha Creek (approx. 2.1 miles away); James McNally (approx. 8 miles away); Emory Pass (approx. 11.4 miles away).
 
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Miller Drug Store Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010
2. Miller Drug Store Marker
Miller Drug Store image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, November 5, 2010
3. Miller Drug Store
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 775 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 22, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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