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Las Cruces on the Camino Real

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New Mexico, Dona Ana County, near Las Cruces
In 1849, following the Mexican War, fields were first broken in Las Cruces. The town became a flourishing stop on the Camino Real, deriving its name, "The Crosses", from the marking of graves of victims of an Apache attack. Las Cruces since 1881 has been the county seat of Doña Ana County.

(Settlements & Settlers • War, Mexican-American) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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