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Trail of the Forty-Niners
I-40, Santa Rosa,
NM,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
34° 59' 31.2",
-105° 17' 36.024"
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New Mexico State
Historical Marker
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To give gold-seekers another route to California, Capt. Randolph B. Marcy and Lt. James H. Simpson opened a wagon road from Arkansas to New Mexico in 1849. Marcy's Road, although very popular with the Forty-Niners, still was never as well-traveled as the Santa Fe Trail.
Last updated: 10/12/2009 22:55:24 |
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Trail of the Forty-Niners Historical Marker Location Map, Santa Rosa, New Mexico
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