NRHP Reference # 66000499 Designated NHLD May 23, 1963 Area 61.72 km² Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | NMSRCP # 203 Designated NMSRCP November 6, 1970 Year built 1868 | |
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Rabbit Ears is a pair of mountain peaks that were landmarks over the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail. The Clayton Complex includes that, another mountain peak, and three camps between them: McNees Crossing, Turkey Creek Camp, and Rabbit Ears Camp.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963. It figures largely in Louis L'Amour's novel Mustang Man.
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