Riley - Magdalena, New Mexico
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gparkes
N 34° 07.078 W 107° 14.621
13S E 293067 N 3777509
This marker is found in Magdalena.
Waymark Code: WMAC1E
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2010
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The text on this marker reads:
Riley
Twenty miles north of Magdalena, Riley was a small agricultural village orignally named Santa Rita by its Hispanic founders in the mid-nineteenth century. By the late 1880s, mining drove the town's economy and in 1880s, mining granted a post office under the name "Riley." The miners gave out, and the town was slowly abandoned. Former residents still gather every May to observe Santa Rita days.