On State Highway 25, 0.3 miles north of County Road 12S, on the left when traveling north.
On 19 September 1846, the more than 500 men and officers of the Mormon Battalion arrived here. These Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) had volunteered to fight in the war with Mexico, enlisting at Council . . . — — Map (db m175836) HM
On State Highway 25, 14.4 miles north of U.S. 56, on the left when traveling north.
About two miles west were the Lower Springs of the Cimarron River, known today as Wagon Bed Springs. For early-day travelers on the famous Santa Fe Trail, the springs were an “oasis” in dry weather. Several shortcuts of the trail converged here, . . . — — Map (db m213735) HM
On Main Street north of Nebraska Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
First White Child Born
in Grant County
Rancher • Grainman • Oilman
Legislator • Community Leader
Philanthropist
Resided 78 Years
in Grant County
Mother first woman resident
Father homesteaded and ranched
in 1879 in Grant . . . — — Map (db m65697) HM
