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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Guadalupe County, New Mexico

 
Clickable Map of Guadalupe County, New Mexico and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Guadalupe County, NM (10) De Baca County, NM (6) Lincoln County, NM (61) Quay County, NM (13) San Miguel County, NM (23) Torrance County, NM (14)  GuadalupeCounty(10) Guadalupe County (10)  DeBacaCounty(6) De Baca County (6)  LincolnCounty(61) Lincoln County (61)  QuayCounty(13) Quay County (13)  SanMiguelCounty(23) San Miguel County (23)  TorranceCounty(14) Torrance County (14)
Adjacent to Guadalupe County, New Mexico
    De Baca County (6)
    Lincoln County (61)
    Quay County (13)
    San Miguel County (23)
    Torrance County (14)
 
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1New Mexico (Guadalupe County), La Loma — Mela Leger-Bilingual Education Pioneer(1928-2006)
On U.S. 84 at milepost 77.5, 0.4 miles south of State Road 119, on the left when traveling south.
Side A: At four, Manuelita de Atocha (Mela) Lucero Leger read Spanish language newspapers to her blind grandfather in Colonias. Although New Mexico's constitution protects Spanish-speaking students, school children were often punished . . . — Map (db m45893) HM
2New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Newkirk — Comanche Country
Near Interstate 40 at milepost 302, on the right when traveling west.
By 1700 the Comanches had acquired the horse and began moving into this area. They drove out the Jicarilla Apaches, and their raids on New Mexico's eastern frontier posed a threat to Indian, Spanish and Anglo settlements for over a century. The . . . — Map (db m93763) HM
3New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Newkirk — Llano Estacado
Near Interstate 40 at milepost 300, on the right when traveling east.
Rising above these red-earth lowlands to the south is the Llano Estacado or Staked Plain, a high plateau covering some 32,000 square miles in eastern New Mexico and adjacent areas in Texas. Topographically, it is one of the flattest areas in the . . . — Map (db m93197) HM
4New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Santa Rosa — Edge of Plains
On Interstate 40 at milepost 251, on the right when traveling east.
Grassy plains meet pine dotted uplands in this transition from Great Plains to Basin and Range provinces. Plains to the east are capped by caliche, sand, and gravel which are deeply eroded into the underlying bedrock in places. To the west, faulting . . . — Map (db m91047) HM
5New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Santa Rosa — Puerto de Luna
On State Road 91 at milepost 10 at State Road 203, on the right when traveling south on State Road 91.
Established by the early 1860s, Puerto de Luna is one of southeast New Mexico’s oldest permanent settlements. An important farming and ranching center, the town was the Guadalupe County seat from 1891 until 1903. A strong oral tradition maintains . . . — Map (db m45906) HM
6New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Santa Rosa — Santa RosaPopulation 2,469 - Elevation 4,620
On Coronado Avenue (U.S. 84) 0.1 miles east of Interstate 40, on the right when traveling east.
The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castano de Sosa in 1590. Santa Rosa, the Guadalupe County seat, was laid out on the ranch of Celso Baca y Baca, a politician and rancher in the late 1800s. It was . . . — Map (db m45894) HM
7New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Santa Rosa — Santa RosaPopulation—2,469 - Elevation—4,620 ft.
On Coronado Avenue at River Road, on the right when traveling east on Coronado Avenue.
The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa in 1590. Santa Rosa, the Guadalupe County seat, was laid out on the ranch of Celso Baca y Baca, a politician and rancher in the late 1800s. It was . . . — Map (db m45895) HM
8New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Santa Rosa — Santa RosaPopulation—2,469 - Elevation—4,620 ft.
On Route 66 0.3 miles west of Will Rogers Drive, on the right when traveling west.
The Spanish explorer Antonio de Espejo passed through this area in 1583, as did Gaspar Castaño de Sosa in 1590. Santa Rosa, the Guadalupe County seat, was laid out on the ranch of Celso Baca y Baca, a politician and rancher in the late 1800s. It was . . . — Map (db m91041) HM
9New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Santa Rosa — Trail of the Forty-Niners
On Interstate 40 at milepost 252, on the right when traveling west.
To give gold-seekers another route to California, Capt. Randolph B. Marcy and Lt. James H. Simpson opened a wagon road from Arkansas to New Mexico in 1849. Marcy’s Road, although very popular with the Forty-Niners, still was never as well-traveled . . . — Map (db m91044) HM
10New Mexico (Guadalupe County), Vaughn — VaughnPopulation 737 - Elevation 5965
On 8th Street (U.S. 54/285), on the right when traveling south.
Vaughn, a division point in the transcontinental railway system, is located along the route of the Stinson cattle trail. In 1882, Jim Stinson, manager of the New Mexico Land and Livestock Co., drove 20,000 cattle in eight separate herds along this . . . — Map (db m47146) HM
 
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