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By Bill Kirchner, October 26, 2012
Back of Espejo's Trail Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► New Mexico, Eddy County, Loving — Espejo's Trail —  |
| Don Antonio de Espejo, leader of the third expedition to explore New Mexico, passed near here on his return to Mexico City in 1583. After learning of the martyrdom of two Franciscan friars from an earlier expedition, he explored the Pueblo country . . . — — Map (db m61472) HM | |||
| 2 ► New Mexico, Doña Ana County, Anthony — Butterfield Trail/Espejo's Expedition — /On the Camino Real — |
| Stagecoaches of the Butterfield Overland Mail Co. began carrying passengers and mail from St. Louis to San Francisco, across southern New Mexico, in 1858. The 2,795-mile journey took 21-22 days. In 1861 the service was re-routed through Salt Lake . . . — — Map (db m6553) HM | |||