Luna
Carlotta Thompkins Thurmond "Lottie Deno"
Sunshine, NM
1844-1934 Immortalized in literature and film, Kentucky native Carlotta Thurmond was the inspiration for Miss Kitty on television’s...
Carlotta Thompkins Thurmond, "Lottie Deno," 1844-1934
Immortalized in literature and film, Kentucky native Carlotta Thurmond was the inspiration for Miss Kitty on television’s “Gunsmoke.
Cathay Williams (c 1850–Death Date Unknown)
Born into slavery, Cathay was liberated in 1861 and worked as a cook for the Union army during the Civil War.
Columbus
Columbus was founded in 1891 as a U.S./Mexico border station but eventually coalesced around the railroad station three miles to the...
Cooke’s Wagon Road
Sunshine, NM
In 1846, while leading the Mormon Battalion to California during the Mexican War, Lt. Col. Philip St. George Cooke blazed a wagon road...
Deming
Population – 9964 Elevation – 4331 ft. In 1780, Governor Juan Bautista de Anza passed near here while searching for a trade route between...
Mary Ann Deming Crocker
Born in 1827, Mary Ann Deming was married to Charles Crocker, one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Mary Ann Deming Crocker, 1829- 1889, Namesake of Deming
Born in 1827, Mary Ann Deming was married to Charles Crocker, one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad.
Pancho Villa State Park
You are on land once occupied by Camp Furlong, staging grounds for General John J. Pershing’s 500-mile expedition by 10,000 troops into...