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Timberon, NM

Population-24,024 Elevation-4350 ft. In 1898 the brothers Charles B. and John A. Eddy, promoters of the El Paso and Northeastern...

Timberon, NM

In this immediate vicinity, Captain Henry W. Stanton of the U.S. Army, for whom Fort Stanton was named, lost his life in 1855 in a...

An early battle in the Lincoln County War happened at Blazer’s Mill, now ruins found three miles west of here.

In order to provide timber for the construction of his El Paso & Northeastern Railroad north of Alamogordo, Charles B. Eddy in 1898 built...

(Cañon del Perro) For the Mescalero Apaches, Dog Canyon was a favorite camping area and trail through the Sacramento Mountains.

Fort Tularosa was established in 1872 south of present-day Aragon.

Timberon, NM

(Side 1): Alamogordo Army Airfield was a World War II training ground for bombing crews six miles north of here.

Timberon, NM

Rancher John Prather worked well with the federal government through two world wars.

In 1719, Spanish Franciscan missionaries built a chapel here dedicated to Nuestra Senora de la Luz, Our Lady of Light.

After disembarking from the RMS Lucania at Ellis Island in 1902, Jessie MacMillan bought her first six-shooter in New York before...

The New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired was founded on granted land in 1903 by the new territorial governor.

Timberon, NM

This cone-shaped landmark about 10 Miles from Tularosa was once known as Dead Man’s Hill, and has been the backdrop for several military...

Timberon, NM

Population – 4260 Elevation – 6855 ft. Originally known as Dowlin’s Mill, the town was located on the Chisum Trail which ran from the...

Timberon, NM

Father Albert Braun, who directed the construction of the remarkable mission church of St. Joseph, served as chaplain in both World Wars.

Located in the Tularosa Basin east of the great lava flows known as the malpais, Three Rivers was once prominent in the cattle empires of...

The Tularosa Basin has been occupied by Indian groups for thousands of years.