Clayton
Posted by: BruceS
N 36° 26.602 W 103° 12.448
13S E 660655 N 4034619
Marker giving brief history of Clayton, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WME7MF
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2012
Views: 8
Text of marker:
Clayton
Population 2,968 - Elevation 4,969
Trade caravans and homesteaders traveling the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail passed near here. Clayton was founded in 1887 and named for the son of cattleman and ex-Senator Stephen W. Dorsey, one of its developers. It became a major livestock shipping center for herds from the Pecos Valley and the Texas Panhandle.