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Brooks Mercantile Building, c. 1909. Cimarron is located on the land of what became known as the 1,700,000 acres (6,900 km 2) Maxwell Land Grant.In 1842, Lucien B. Maxwell, a fur trapper, came to the Beaubien-Miranda Ranch in northern New Mexico and courted and married Luz Beaubien, one of the owner's six daughters.
The district is located south of US Route 64 on the east and west sides of New Mexico Highway 21. In 1973, the district was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . [ 2 ] According to the National Register, the district contains 1,940 acres (7.85 km 2 ; 3.03 sq mi) and contains 6 significant buildings.
Pete Burleson (September 4, 1848 – December 6, 1925 [1]) was a cattle drover and rancher, western lawman, farmer and pioneer in the New Mexico Territory and State of New Mexico. He drove cattle from Texas as part of the 1870's I. W. Lacy - L. G. Coleman cattle drive, [ 2 ] settling in northeast New Mexico as a cattle rancher near Cimarron .
Lambert moved west and settled in Elizabethtown, New Mexico, with hopes of making a wealthy strike. When he found little gold, he opened a restaurant and saloon. At this time, Elizabethtown, Cimarron, and much of the surrounding area was owned by Lucien B. Maxwell and was a part of the huge Maxwell Land Grant. Maxwell enticed Lambert to come to ...
The Villa Philmonte is a large ranch home located outside of Cimarron, New Mexico, on Philmont Scout Ranch, owned by the Boy Scouts of America.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as part of Villa Philmonte Historic District, which included two contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and two contributing sites. [1]
The Cimarron Mercantile, at 709 S. Collison St. in Cimarron, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [ 1 ] It is listed as a filming location by the New Mexico Film Office.
In 1983 32 students from Red River, a community in the Questa School District, went to Cimarron Municipal Schools, with 22 going to the Eagle Nest elementary school and 10 to the Cimarron secondary school. [2] In 1996 construction work was done in several of the district's schools. [3] In 1997 and in 1998 the enrollment count was 672. [4]
Cimarron Canyon State Park is a state park of New Mexico, United States, located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Eagle Nest in the Colin Neblett Wildlife Area. The park extends for 8 miles (13 km) along the Cimarron Canyon between Tolby Creek and Ute Park. The Palisades Sill forms spectacular cliffs above the Cimarron River here.