Watrous (La Junta)

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Watrous
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
N.M. State Register of Cultural Properties
Watrous House in 1940
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Location	U.S. 85, Watrous, New Mexico
Coordinates	35°48′3″N 105°0′5″W / 35.80083°N 105.00139°W / 35.80083; -105.00139Coordinates: 35°48′3″N 105°0′5″W / 35.80083°N 105.00139°W / 35.80083; -105.00139
Area	3,580 acres (14.5 km²)
Built	1835
Architect	Unknown
Architectural style	Other
NRHP Reference #	66000480
NMSRCP #	33
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966^[1]
Designated NHLD	May 23, 1963^[2]
Designated NMSRCP	December 20, 1968^[3]

Watrous, also named La Junta, is a historic district in New Mexico.

The National Park Service's Statement of Significance for the site (as of designation in 1963) was:

Here, at the settlement of La Junta de los Rios Mara y Sapello, the Mountain and Cimarron Cutoff routes of the Santa Fe Trail joined. Wagon trains organized here before entering hostile Indian territory. In 1879, the Santa Fe Railroad laid out the present town of Watrous to the east.^[2]

Trail ruts remain, and the district includes 21 structures:

Fort Union Corral, with stone walls still standing, and
Gregg Tavern-Stage Station.
etc.,

and three cemeteries.^[4]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1963.^[2]^[4]

References

↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 "Watrous (La Junta)". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
↑ "New Mexico State and National Registers". New Mexico Historic Preservation Commission. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
1 2 Richard Greenwood, with updates by state and national staff (December 18, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Watrous (La Junta) / La Junta" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 11 photos, from 1962, 1974, and 1982 (32 KB)

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NM-18, "Watrous House, Watrous vicinity, Mora County, NM", 31 photos, 25 measured drawings, 10 data pages

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