In memory of:
all Servicemen and Women
of the Armed Forces
who served their God and Country
Dedicated July 4, 1957
by Ray McCorkle Post No. 3242
Veterans of Foreign Wars — — Map (db m6989) HM
This building, which dates from 1850, once housed the Capitol of Arizona and New Mexico. Later it was the Courthouse in which Billy The Kid was tried and sentenced to hang. — — Map (db m126893) HM
This is the oldest documented brick building in New Mexico.
Augustin Maurin (of French descent) initiated construction in 1860 using burned brick from his own kiln. He was murdered by robbers in his adjoining apartment in 1866.
The heir, Cesar . . . — — Map (db m196768) HM
I. The laws of the United States having been extended by proclamation over the Mesilla Valley and the territory recently acquired from the Republic of Mexico, the undersigned as military Commander of the same directs that Lt. Colonel Miles 3rd . . . — — Map (db m6991) HM
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War, establishing Mesilla as a Mexican holding. Cura Ramon Ortiz settled families from El Paso del Norte and pre-territorial New Mexico here. Disputes over the border just north of town . . . — — Map (db m119926) HM
This is the original La Posta. The only station that remains standing on the Butterfield Trail. For more than a century and three quarters, these old adobe walls have withstood the attack of elements and men and have sheltered such personalities as . . . — — Map (db m126894) HM
Established in
Mexican Territory, 1850.
U.S. Flag Raised July 4, 1854.
Seat of Confederate Government
in New Mexico, 1861-1862.
Site No. 14
A Registered Cultural Property
State of New Mexico — — Map (db m196766) HM
Conservation made possible by grants from
United States Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration
New Mexico
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
and by matching funds from the
Town of Mesilla
and individual . . . — — Map (db m6988) HM
