NRHP Reference # 66000480 Designated NHLD May 23, 1963 Area 14.49 km² Architectural style Territorial architecture | NMSRCP # 33 Designated NMSRCP December 20, 1968 Year built 1879 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | |
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Location US 85, Watrous, New Mexico Weather 8°C, Wind W at 19 km/h, 25% Humidity | ||
Watrous, also named La Junta, is a historic district in New Mexico.
The National Park Service's Statement of Significance for the site (as of designation in 1963) was:
Here, at the settlement of La Junta de los Rios Mara y Sapello, the Mountain and Cimarron Cutoff routes of the Santa Fe Trail joined. Wagon trains organized here before entering hostile Indian territory. In 1879, the Santa Fe Railroad laid out the present town of Watrous to the east.
Trail ruts remain, and the district includes 21 structures:
- Fort Union Corral, with stone walls still standing, and
- Gregg Tavern-Stage Station.
- etc.,
and three cemeteries.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.
References
Watrous (La Junta) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA