Near North Roadrunner Parkway 1.8 miles south of U.S. 70.
For America, WWII began of December 7, 1941, with the attack on Pearl Harbor, the first of Japan's day-long assault on locations throughout the Pacific. Major American installations on Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines, were also . . . — — Map (db m38286) HM
On North Mesilla Street at West Las Cruces Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Mesilla Street.
The caboose is an American railroad legend and was once found trailing behind the cars of a train. Use of the caboose began in the early 1830's. The purpose of the caboose was to provide shelter for the conductor, brakemen, and flagmen on board the . . . — — Map (db m253378) HM
On North Mesilla Street at Las Cruces Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Mesilla Street.
This caboose was acquired by the Acrey Family around 1969-chosen out of a lot of 300 decommissioned cabooses. The Acreys paid $50 for the caboose. This caboose was originally put in service during the 1890s for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy . . . — — Map (db m253238) HM
On Calle De Parian, on the left when traveling east.
On July 24, 1861, Lt. Col. John Robert Baylor led 300 men consisting of two companies of the Second Texas Mounted Rifles, a Texas light-artillery company without its howitzers, an El Paso County scout company, and some civilians from Fort Bliss to . . . — — Map (db m38266) HM
On North Mesilla Street at West Las Cruces Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Mesilla Street.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) built this caboose in 1890. After almost 70 years working all over the country and for several different railroad companies, the caboose was decommissioned in Lubbock, Texas, by the Fort Worth & . . . — — Map (db m253220) HM
On Interstate 25 at milepost 22.8, on the right when traveling south.
Fort Selden was established to protect settlers and railroad construction crews in the Mesilla Valley and the Jornada del Muerto from Apaches. The first regular army troops to garrison it were four companies of the black 125th Infantry. General . . . — — Map (db m45085) HM
Near North Roadrunner Parkway 1.8 miles south of U.S. 70.
More than fourteen hundred New Mexicans fought with the 200th Coast Artillery (CAC) Regiment defending the Philippines and the Bataan Peninsula at the beginning of World War II. The regiment received the Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation . . . — — Map (db m38293) HM
This structure is the oldest steel highway bridge in New Mexico, built in 1902 by Chaves County as part of the three-span Pecos River Bridge east of Roswell. There it connected the growing town with the smaller communities and ranches of the . . . — — Map (db m89690) HM
When New Mexico attained statehood in 1912, it did not have a state flag. In 1915, Colonel Ralph Emerson Twitchell designed a flag to mark the new state's participation in the 1915 Panama-California Exposition in San Diego. It featured a . . . — — Map (db m269683) HM
On Interstate 25 at milepost 22.8, on the right when traveling south.
This stretch of the Camino Real leaves the Ríķ Grande and cuts across 90 miles of desert with little water or shelter. Despite its difficulty, the dreaded “Journey of the Deadman” was heavily used by Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo travelers . . . — — Map (db m45083) HM
On State Road 28 at State Road 292, on the right when traveling south on State Road 28.
On November 16, 1854, a detachment from nearby Fort Fillmore raised the U.S. flag here confirming the Gadsden Purchase; thus the Gadsden territory was officially recognized as part of the United States. In 1858, the Butterfield stage began its run . . . — — Map (db m280112) HM
Near Interstate 10 at milepost 136, on the right when traveling east.
In 1849, following the Mexican War, fields were first broken in Las Cruces. The town became a flourishing stop on the Camino Real, deriving its name, "The Crosses", from the marking of graves of victims of an Apache attack. Las Cruces since 1881 has . . . — — Map (db m280113) HM
Near North Mesilla Street at West Las Cruces Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The Las Cruces Depot, built in 1910, is a county seat style Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF) building. Characteristics of this style of building consist of standard brick, symmetrical-gable roofed passenger areas, parapets on the edges of the . . . — — Map (db m196744) HM
On Espina Street at Espina Street and Horseshoe Street, on the right when traveling south on Espina Street.
Punished for not speaking English in school, María Gutiérrez Spencer devoted her life to validating the Indo-Hispano experience. A graduate of University of California, Berkeley and New Mexico State University, she pioneered bilingual and bicultural . . . — — Map (db m89687) HM
On Espina Street at Horseshoe Street on Espina Street.
There are three markers mounted on The GatesMarker A:
Miller Field Gates
The New Mexico A&M senior class built these gates to Miller Field in 1924. The athletic field, stretching north and west from the gates was said to be . . . — — Map (db m89686) HM
On U.S. 70 at milepost 178, on the right when traveling east.
Anti-aircraft missiles like this Nike Hercules once stood guard around many major U.S. cities and facilities during the Cold War. They were capable of knocking down high-flying, fast-moving bombers with high-explosive warheads or, equipped with a . . . — — Map (db m38295) HM
On Interstate 25 at milepost 22.8, on the right when traveling south.
This paraje, or stopping place, provided travelers along the Camino Real with a final opportunity to water their stock and prepare their caravans before leaving the Rio Grande Valley and entering the desolate Jornada del Muerto. Caravans on . . . — — Map (db m45084) HM
On U.S. 70 at milepost 153.6 at South Jornada Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 70.
Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed William Billy the Kid Bonney at Fort Sumner in 1881, was himself murdered at a remote site nearby on February 29, 1908. Wayne Brazel, a local cowboy, confessed to shooting Garrett but . . . — — Map (db m280114) HM
Near Calle Abuelo, on the right when traveling north.
On this site, famed New Mexico lawman Patrick Floyd Garrett met his death on February 29, 1908, while traveling to Las Croces from his home just east of San Augustin Pass. Garrett is known worldwide for killing Bille the Kid. Garrett was formerly . . . — — Map (db m314423) HM
On West Picacho Avenue (U.S. 70) at Hoskins Lane, on the right when traveling east on West Picacho Avenue.
Marker Front: The Rio Grande (big river) has been an integral part of the history of New Mexico for thousands of years. Running through the entire state, it is both its backbone and lifeblood. It originates in the southern Rocky Mountains of . . . — — Map (db m67023) HM
On U.S. 70 at milepost 178, on the right when traveling east.
Divide between the Tularosa Basin to the east and Jornada del Muerto to the west, cut between the Organ Mountains to the south and the San Augustín-San Andrés Mountains to the north. White gypsum sands glisten to the northeast. Roadcuts in . . . — — Map (db m280115) HM
On U.S. 70 at milepost 177, on the right when traveling west.
Here on July 27, 1861, less than 300 Confederate troops intercepted 500 Union soldiers retreating from Fort Fillmore to Fort Stanton. Exhausted from the heat and famished for water, the Union troops straggled across the desert in a five-mile . . . — — Map (db m280116) HM
On North Mesilla Street at West Las Cruces Avenue, on the left when traveling north on North Mesilla Street.
Trains are huge, heavy, and very important modes of transportation for many reasons. Before automobiles, trains were the main mode of motorized transportation. Trains allowed many people to move west to places like New Mexico. They also allowed . . . — — Map (db m253209) HM
On West Las Cruces Avenue at North Raymond Street, on the right when traveling west on West Las Cruces Avenue.
Woman's Improvement Assn est. the park in 1898. Sent 1917 telegram to President Wilson advocating passage of Women's Suffrage Amendment. — — Map (db m252461) HM
