Roswell City Historical Markers

Map of New Mexico State Historical Marker Locations in the City of Roswell

City of Roswell Historical Markers

Roswell Historical Marker

U.S. 285, Roswell, NM, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 31' 46.9344", -104° 31' 10.2504"

A watering place for the Pecos Valley cattle drives of the 1870s and 1880s, it was incorporated in 1891 and is seat of Chaves County, named for Col. J. Francisco Chaves, Civil War soldier and delegate to the U.S. Congress. In the 1930s, Dr. Robert Goddard conducted experiments in liquid fuel rocket flights.

Roswell Churches

Roswell Historical Markers

Bottomless Lakes State Park
Diamond A Ranch
Downtown Roswell Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Downtown Roswell Historic District
Flying H Ranch
Millhiser-Baker Farm
Milne-Bush Ranch
New Mexico Military Institute Historic District
Roswell (2)
Roswell (3)
Roswell Pioneer Plaza
Roswell City Historical Marker
Slaughter-Hill Ranch
South Spring Ranch
Urton Orchards

Chaves County Courthouse

Roswell Cemeteries

Roswell Schools

Roswell Historical Homes & Houses

James Phelps White House
Louise Massey House
Patrick Floyd Garrett House
Robert H. Goddard House
Saunders-Crosby House
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