Paraje de los Brazitos
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leadhiker
N 32° 07.097 W 106° 40.046
13S E 342695 N 3554763
A OSHM about a stopping place on the Camino Real. Just off the interstate at NM-478 and NM-227.
Waymark Code: WMBRWX
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2011
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Paraje de los Brazitos
(On the Camino Real)
Here the Camino Real between Santa Fe and El Paso passed along the eastern bank of the Rio Grande near a brazito, or small branch of the river that created a small island. At this paraje, or stopping place, American troops defeated a Mexican Army force on Christmas Day, 1846, in what was the only pitched battle of the Mexican War fought in present-day New Mexico.
History:: Not listed
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: Not listed
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