Colfax

In Turkey Creek Canyon near here, the outlaw gang of Thomas “Black Jack” Ketchum had one of its hideouts.

An outstanding example of an extinct volcanic cinder cone, Capulin Mountain was formed as early as 10,000 years ago.

An outstanding example of an extinct volcanic cinder cone, Capulin Mountain was formed as early as 10,000 years ago.

An outstanding example of an extinct volcanic cinder cone, Capulin Mountain was formed as early as 10,000 years ago.

Population—888 Elevation—6427 ft. This village on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail was settled around 1844.

Three-quarters of a mile west of here at the Canadian River crossing was the popular overnight stage stop on the Old Santa Fe Trail.

For twenty years after the 1869 sale of the Maxwell Land Grant, homesteaders, ranchers, and miners fought the new owners for control of...

For twenty years after the 1869 sale of the Maxwell Land Grant, homesteaders, ranchers, and miners fought the new owners for control of...

Dawson was established by the Phelps Dodge Corporation in 1901 to develop the region’s vast coal deposits.

This was the cemetery for the coal mining town of Dawson.

Robert L. Dodson bought a steam-powered Locomobile in Denver with plans to drive it to Albuquerque.

Built in 1879 at a cost of $9,800, this building served as Colfax County Courthouse from 1882 through 1897, when the county seat was...

Oklahoma oilman Waite Phillips gave the 127,000 acre property to the Boy Scouts of America in 1938 and 1941.

Point of Rocks was a major landmark on the Santa Fe Trail.

Population—8225 Elevation—6379 ft. Once the Willow Springs freight stop on the Santa Fe Trail, the town of Raton developed from A.T. &...

This important pass on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail was used by Brigadier General Stephen Watts Kearny for his 1846 invasion...

The Sangre de Cristo ranges of the Southern Rocky Mountains visible here include the Spanish Peaks in Colorado, and the Culebra and...

Opened by William Becknell in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail became the major trade route to Santa Fe from Missouri River towns.

The difficulty of bringing caravans over rocky and mountainous Raton Pass kept most wagon traffic on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe...

From 1821 until the railroad arrived in New Mexico in 1879, thousands of wagons hauled freight along the Santa Fe Trail between Missouri...

Population—1696 Elevation—5857 ft. Located in the old Maxwell Land Grant and near the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, Springer...

Springer, NM

Population—1696 Elevation—5857 ft. Located in the old Maxwell Land Grant and near the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, Springer...

This chapel was founded in 1968 by the Westphall Family in memory of Lt. David Westphall, who was killed in action in May 1968, and all...

In 1861, the U.S. Army established a government forage station here by a small spring.

The Women of the Santa Fe Trail endured untold hardships traveling across the Great Plains.