Gila Cliffs Dwellings Nat'l Monument - Lordsburg NM
Posted by: PeterNoG
N 32° 21.155 W 108° 44.585
12S E 712382 N 3581756
This Historical Marker is at the rest stop on I-10 exit 20.
Waymark Code: WM7W61
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 12/11/2009
Views: 13
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Gila Cliffs Dwellings
National Monument
Gila Cliffs Dwellings National Monument was established in 1907 by Theodore Roosevelt to protect the prehistoric material culture of the Mogollon people and others who inhabited this area, The first scientific description of a pueblo ruin on the upper Gila River was written in 1874 by Henry Wetherbee Henshaw of the Wheeler Geographical Surveys of the Territories of the United States West of the 100th Meridian.
History:: The actual location Gila Cliffs Dwellings Nat'l Monument is 66 miles (107 km) NNE of here. The coordinates are listed below.
Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: [Web Link]
Additional Point: N 33° 13.770 W 108° 15.876
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