Historical Markers in Chama, New Mexico

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Historical Markers in Chama, New Mexico

1 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Chama — 1881 Log Bunkhouse —

1881 Log Bunkhouse • oldest building on railroad 1924 Coal Tipple • 70 ft. high holds 60 ton, fast empty the only wood tipple left 1907 Water Tank • holds 50,000 gal. • unique style with two waterspouts — — Map (db m193153) HM

2 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Chama — Chama — Population 1,199 - Elevation 7,850 ft. —

From a small crossroads town, Chama became an important site on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad after 1880. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a remnant of the San Juan Extension, a narrow-gauge line which once served the mining areas . . . — — Map (db m74253) HM

3 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Chama — Chama — Population 1,090 - Elevation 7,860 ft. —

From a small crossroads town, Chama became an important site on the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad after 1880. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is a remnant of the San Juan Extension a narrow-gauge line which once served the mining areas . . . — — Map (db m74254) HM

4 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Chama — Continental Divide — Elevation - 7,275 feet —

Rainfall divides at this point. To the west it drains into the Pacific Ocean...to the east into the Atlantic. — — Map (db m177434) HM

5 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Chama — Cumbres Pass —

A major encounter between the U.S. Army and a large group of Utes and Jicarilla Apaches occurred here in July 1848. Old Bill Williams, the famous scout and guide, was badly wounded while fighting the Utes, who had once adopted him as a tribesman. — — Map (db m125499) HM

6 ► New Mexico, Rio Arriba County, Chama — Old Spanish Trail —

In 1829-30, Antonio Armijo traveled from Abiquiú to California to trade for mules, thus extending the Old Spanish Trail and opening it to trade between Santa Fe and Los Angeles. His route turned west, near present-day Abiquiú Dam, to Largo Canyon, . . . — — Map (db m125497) HM

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