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I had taken the first picture years ago. I finally got my dad to see the monument. the second picture I found online by this link homecast.net/~bishoprl50/colohistmarkers/santafetrailcountry-5-090416.jpg This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. Raton Pass. Between Colorado and New Mexico. Altitude 7,881 feet. Raton is Spanish for mouse. On mountain branch Santa Fe Trail, crossed by Kearnys Army of the West in the Mexican War and by First Regiment, Colorado Volunteers in the Civil War. Uncle Dick Woottons toll road built 1865. Railroad constructed 1878. Improved highway built 1919-1922. Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the State Highway Department. 1929. Santa Fe Trail Country Las Animas County South of Trinidad at old I-25 northbound rest area by state line. N 36°5938 W 104°2847 photos taken 4/16/2009 Exit MileMarker 460 going northbound on Interstate 25 north of Raton. Jesus Vialpando and his son Avelino
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 22:01:33 +0000

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