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On Kit Carson Highway (U.S. 64) east of South Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Side A:
Black Jack’s Hideout
In Turkey Creek Canyon near here, the outlaw gang of Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchum had one of its hideouts. After a train robbery in July 1899, a posse surprised the gang at the hideout. The . . . — — Map (db m45784) HM
On U.S. 64 at milepost 305,, 0.6 miles west of Turkey Creek Trail, on the right when traveling east.
You are now at the Great Plains-Rocky Mountain boundary. The Cimarron Range, one of the eastern-most ranges of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in this part of New Mexico. Elevation 6,800 feet. — — Map (db m45764) HM
On U.S. 64 at milepost 295.9,, 0.8 miles west of Hummingbird Lane, on the left when traveling east.
This high mountain park is part of a state wildlife area and is managed by the New Mexico State Park Division in cooperation with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Trout fishing is excellent in the Cimarron River, and the park offers fine . . . — — Map (db m45755) HM
On U.S. 64 at milepost 293.9,, 2.8 miles west of Hummingbird Lane, on the left when traveling east.
These spectacular cliffs are cut by the Cimarron River through igneous rock known as a sill and composed of the rock type monzonite which was emplaced some 40 million years ago as these Southern Rocky Mountains were being uplifted. Elevation 8,000 . . . — — Map (db m45753) HM
On Kit Carson Highway (U.S. 64) east of South Euclid Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Side A:
The difficulty of bringing caravans over rocky and mountainous Raton Pass kept most wagon traffic on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail until the 1840's. Afterwards, the Mountain Branch, which here approaches Raton Pass, . . . — — Map (db m45821) HM
On State Road 21, 0.4 miles south of U.S. 64, on the left when traveling south.
The Saint James Hotel
Has been placed on the
National Register
Of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
1872 — — Map (db m45779) HM
