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Elephant Butte Dam is named after a rock formation resembling an elephant. [2] Crews began construction on the dam in 1911 and ended in 1916. This was a major engineering feat in its day. The enormous concrete dam is the major feature of the Elephant Butte National Register Historic District.
Elephant Butte is a city in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, located near Elephant Butte Reservoir and Elephant Butte Lake State Park. The population was 1,447 at the time of the 2020 census .
Elephant Butte is a summit that is now in the Elephant Butte Reservoir and within the Elephant Butte Lake State Park in Sierra County, New Mexico. It has an elevation of 4,639 feet (1,414 m). [ 1 ] It was named for its shape, which is said to look like an elephant .
It is connected to the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway in the southwest and El Camino Real De Tierra Adentro in the northeast. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Towns along its southern route starting from San Lorenzo include Kingston , Hillsboro , Caballo , Williamsburg , and the ghost town of Lake Valley which is located 18 mi (29 km) south of the ...
Elephant Butte is a populated place on the southeast end of the Elephant Butte Reservoir in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. [1] It should not be confused with the modern city of Elephant Butte, New Mexico that is on the west side of the reservoir to the northwest of this place.
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A circus elephant ran loose in the streets of Butte, Montana, on April 16, NBC Montana reported. Surveillance video from Town Pump gas station shows the elephant roaming the streets as it’s ...
At some point the bridge over Elephant Butte Dam became one-way eastbound, causing westbound traffic to take NM 51 and NM 177 to join this route east of the city of Elephant Butte. The bridge over Elephant Butte Dam was closed in 2001. [2] On October 16, 2014, a portion of NM 195 was given to the city of Elephant Butte. [3]