Doña Ana
Bartlett Garcia Continental Survey Point
Picacho Hills, NM
On April 24, 1851, John Russell Bartlett for the United States and Pedro Garcia-Conde for the Republic of Mexico, erected near here a...
Butterfield Trail
In 1858, American Express Company co-founder John Butterfield secured a $600,000 government contract to establish the first...
Disappearance of Albert J. Fountain and his son Henry
Las Cruces, NM
Albert Jennings Fountain was a Civil War veteran, New Mexico legislator and prominent lawyer.
Dona Ana
This site is first mentioned as a paraje along the Camino Real when the Spanish rested near here as they retreated from New Mexico...
El Camino Real the King’s Highway
Juan de Oñate, first governor of New Mexico, passed near here with his colonizing expedition in May 1598.
El Paso Del Rio Del Norte
This canyon cut here by the Rio Grande marks the crossing of the historic Camino Real, or Royal Road, to La Tierra Adentra.
Fort Cummings – 1863-1886
This small and isolated post was built on the Mesilla-Tucson road to protect the Butterfield Trail against Apaches.
Hatch
Las Cruces, NM
Hatch, Population 1,028, Elevation 4,055.
La Mesilla
The 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War, establishing Mesilla as a Mexican holding.
La Salineta (On the Camino Real)
In September, 1680, refugees fleeing the Pueblo Revolt assembled at La Salineta, a paraje – or stopping place – near here named for salt...
Oñate’s Route on the Camino Real
Las Cruces, NM
This is the oldest transcontinental road in North America.
Pat Garrett Murder Site
San Ysidro, NM
Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot and killed William “Billy the Kid” Bonney at Fort Stanton in 1881, was himself murdered...
Rincon
Rincon was originally named El Rincón de Fray Diego in honor of a 17th century Franciscan who died here.
Rio Grandé Bridge at Radium Springs
Las Cruces, NM
This structure – one of the best surviving examples of timber and beam bridge construction in the state – was erected in 1933.
Rodey
Rodey was first settled around 1865 and named Colorado after the red cliffs to the west.
San Agustín Pass
The pass has always provided the best access through three mountain ranges, the Organ to the south and the San Andrés and San Agustín to...
Shalam Colony 1884-1907
Las Cruces, NM
In 1884, Shalam Colony was established on the banks of the Rio Grande near the village of Doña Ana by John Ballou Newbrough and a group...
Site of San Augustín Springs
Here on July 27, 1861, less than 300 Confederate troops intercepted 500 Union soldiers retreating from Fort Fillmore to Fort Stanton.