Fort Selden Cemetery - Radium Springs, NM
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leadhiker
N 32° 29.366 W 106° 55.082
13S E 319785 N 3596309
Marker is on Leasburg Park Road 0.3 miles north of New Mexico Route 157, on the right when traveling north.
Waymark Code: WMBT89
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 06/19/2011
Views: 6
Fort Selden was established nearby in 1865 to help protect the settlements of the Mesilla Valley and travelers along the Jornada del Muerto from Apache raids. The post cemetery was located in this field until the fort was abandoned in 1891. Military personnel were reinterred at the National Cemetery at Santa Fe. A number of unmarked graves in an adjacent potters field apparently still remain.
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