Just across the highway from this point the United States Army established in 1916 its first operational airbase in the United States. It used several cloth-coated biplanes in its unsuccessful punitive expedition against Mexican General Francisco . . . — — Map (db m249431) HM
Headquarters building on the right. The camp was established in 1912 at this location. It housed the 13th Cavalry of 500 plus troops. The headquarters building is one of only a few permanent buildings in the original camp.
This photo shows the . . . — — Map (db m249183) HM
Columbus was founded in 1891 as a U.S./Mexico border station but eventually coalesced around the railroad station three miles to the north in 1903. The area’s history is tied to a March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus by Mexican revolutionary leader . . . — — Map (db m280157) HM
Columbus was founded in 1891 as a U.S./Mexico border station but eventually coalesced around the railroad station three miles to the north in 1903. The area’s history is tied to a March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus by Mexican revolutionary leader . . . — — Map (db m280158) HM
The "Columbus Mercantile Company" was established in 1910 by Lithuanian born Sam Ravel. His brothers, Louis and Arthur, joined him in Columbus in 1911 and 1912 respectively. The store was then renamed "Sam Ravel & Bros".
Selling to the Mexican . . . — — Map (db m249157) HM
The Columbus Courier newspaper of January 17, 1913 states: "The Columbus State Bank, recently organized, will open for business February 1st." A bank was needed as the 13th Cavalry's 'Camp at Columbus' army post, had been recently established with a . . . — — Map (db m249153) HM
The Commercial Hotel, which was destroyed during the Columbus Raid, once stood on this site. In the pre-dawn hours of March 9, 1916, Pancho Villa's raiders broke into the hotel and confiscated the guests' valuables. They then shot and killed W.T. . . . — — Map (db m249174) HM
This railroad was established to transport copper ore from Bisbee and Douglas to El Paso for refinement. It immediately became a multi-purpose line with passenger and freight business. The passenger carrier became famous for their daily runs from . . . — — Map (db m249179) HM
The 1st Aero Squadron is the U.S. military's oldest aviation unit, created on March 5, 1913. In 1916 the squadron, which comprised 8 airplanes, 11 pilots,
and 34 enlisted men, became the first U.S. Army air combat unit. As a response to Mexican . . . — — Map (db m280159) HM
The First Grease rack installed to service United States Army automotive equipment engaged in field operations. The United States Army used motorized transport for the first time in the 1916 punitive expedition staged from this point against Mexican . . . — — Map (db m249429) HM
[Side A:]
In Memory
Citizens Killed – March 9, 1916
W. A. Davidson • Harry Davis • James T. Dean • Dr. H. M. Hart • Bessie James • C.C. Miller • C.D. Miller • J. J. Moore • Wm. T. Ritchie • J. W. Walker
[Side . . . — — Map (db m37791) HM
James Leander Walker came from Leander, Texas in 1910. He was a Line Rider until the "J.L. Walker Hardware & Furniture" business was established.
In 1916, he married Kathryn McKnight who was a school teacher. She along with three other lady . . . — — Map (db m249172) HM
James Todd Dean, the only child of Irish immigrants, was born in Philadelphia, PA. James' mother died when he was less than a year old. James' father then married his deceased wife's sister who raised him. James father, James, was a carpenter by . . . — — Map (db m249155) HM
Site of the Last Hostile Action by Foreign Troops in the Continental United States. Led by General Francisco (Pancho) Villa, insurgent Mexican forces on the night of March 9, 1916 raided camp Furlong a United States army cantonment, and the nearby . . . — — Map (db m37901) HM
Archibald Douglass Frost was born in Richmond, Texas. As a young man, Mr. Frost worked as a CPA in his home state. In 1913, he came to Columbus to homestead and then established the "A.D. Frost Furniture - Hardware".
Mr. Frost married Mary . . . — — Map (db m249156) HM
Pancho Villa State Park commemorates the historic Columbus Raid of 1916. Ruins of Camp Furlong, headquarters for General John Pershing's expeditionary force, still exist at the park. The old Columbus Customs Service building has been restored to . . . — — Map (db m280160) HM
Pancho Villa State Park commemorates the historic Columbus Raid of 1916. Ruins of Camp Furlong, headquarters for General John Pershing's expeditionary force, still exist at the park. The old Columbus Customs Service building has been restored to . . . — — Map (db m280161) HM
On March 9, 1916, Francisco “Pancho” Villa, a major figure in the Mexican Revolution, crossed the international border with a large force, attacking and looting Columbus, New Mexico. Eighteen U.S. soldiers and civilians, and approximately 100 . . . — — Map (db m280162) HM
The original review stand was constructed soon after General John J. (Blackjack) Pershing entered Mexico with his Punitive Expedition to capture, kill or disperse Villa and his army or band. As it turned out they were able to disperse the Villa . . . — — Map (db m249182) HM
Now the site of the Columbus Historical Society Museum the depot was built c. 1902 by the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad which was merged with the Southern Pacific in 1924.
Site No. 390-B
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New . . . — — Map (db m37782) HM
Susan "Susie" Parks operated the telephone switchboard in 1916. She and her husband, Garnet, owned and published the Columbus Courier newspaper and lived in back of the office on Broadway Street. Susie, alone with her infant daughter, Gwen, . . . — — Map (db m249176) HM
William Christopher Hoover, wife Iva and young daughter Mary Ethelyn came to Columbus from Sapulpa, Oklahoma in December 1911. Mr. Hoover had been involved in the banking business as well as being an attorney, judge, etc. in Oklahoma.
Mary . . . — — Map (db m249154) HM
