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On Smokey Bear Boulevard (U.S. 380 at milepost 85.5), on the right when traveling west.
Many incidents in the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, occurred in the area around Capitan. The promoters Charles B. and John A. Eddy platted the townsite in 1900, after building a spur of the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad from Carrizozo in order to . . . — — Map (db m45949) HM
On U.S. 380 at milepost 83.5, on the right when traveling east.
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Many incidents in the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, occurred in the area around Capitán. The promoters Charles B. and John A. Eddy platted the townsite in 1900, after building a spur of the . . . — — Map (db m45950) HM
On State Road 48 at milepost 21.1,, 1 mile south of U.S. 380, on the right when traveling south.
Many incidents in the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, occurred in the area around Capitán. The promoters Charles B. and John A. Eddy platted the townsite in 1900, after building a spur of the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad from Carrizozo in order to . . . — — Map (db m45951) HM
On U.S. 380 at milepost 91.2,, 1.5 miles west of State Road 220, on the left when traveling east.
A pioneer in the preservation of the history of people in Southeastern New Mexico, Eve wrote over 150 articles and numerous books chronicling Mescalero and Chiricahua Apaches, Anglo and Hispanic settlers. Her honesty, patience and determination . . . — — Map (db m45957) HM
On State Road 220 at milepost 13.5, on the left when traveling south.
Fort Stanton, named for Captain Henry Stanton, was established to control the Mescalero Apaches. It was burned and evacuated by Union troops in 1861, held briefly by the Confederates, and then reoccupied by Colonel Kit Carson for the Union in 1862. . . . — — Map (db m45954) HM
On State Road 220 at milepost 13.5, on the right when traveling south.
Established Apr., 1855 by Brig. Gnl. Garland. Named for Capt. Stanton, killed near here in fighting Apaches. One of several forts controlling Indians and aiding westward migration. Partly destroyed, 1861, before a Confederate approach, reoccupied . . . — — Map (db m45955) HM
Near Smokey Bear Boulevard (U.S. 380) at Stanton Avenue (County Road 206).
This is the resting place of the first living Smokey Bear. In 1950 when Smokey was a tiny cub, wildfire burned his forest home in the nearby Capitan Mountains of the Lincoln National Forest. Firefighters found the badly burned cub clinging to a . . . — — Map (db m25111) HM
On Smokey Bear Boulevard (U.S. 380 at milepost 85), on the left when traveling east.
This park commemorates Smokey Bear and describes the history and development of this national symbol of forest fire protection. The original Smokey is buried here within sight of the mountain where he was found orphaned by a fire raging in the . . . — — Map (db m119757) HM
