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The Cimarron Historic District [2] is a historic district on the south side of Cimarron, New Mexico, United States. 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]
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. He eventually inherited the ranch and built a mansion in 1858 on ...
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 ...
Sep. 7—One of New Mexico's most famous historic hotels will close its doors in two weeks. Cimarron's St. James Hotel, where many colorful figures from the Wild West days stayed and which some ...
Dawson Cemetery Dawson Cemetery, established in 1913, is a historic site in Dawson, a former coal mining town near Cimarron. In 1913, a ... Here are 5 of the most haunted places in New Mexico
Baldy Mountain (official name), Baldy Peak, Mount Baldy, or Old Baldy is the highest peak in the Cimarron Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. It is located in Colfax County, about 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Eagle Nest. It rises abruptly, with 3,640 feet (1,110 m) of vertical relief (in 3 miles/4.8 km), from the ...
Chase Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico was founded in 1867 by Manly and Theresa Chase. As pioneers, from Wisconsin by way of Colorado, they crossed the Raton Pass in a covered wagon and establish a new home in New Mexico. Manly Chase purchased the land from Lucien Maxwell, part of the Maxwell Land Grant.
University of New Mexico main campus, Albuquerque: Bernalillo: 1568: Jones Motor Company: 3222 Central Avenue SE, Albuquerque: Bernalillo: 1611: Villa Philmonte Historic District: Philmont Scout Ranch, 401 NM Highway 21, Cimarron: Colfax: Built 1926–27 as the vacation home of Waite Phillips and his family. Gifted to the Boy Scouts of America ...