Deming

by Laura V. Krol

Book Overview

Deming, New Mexico, has been an essential stop for transcontinental travelers for centuries. First, wagon roads went through the area in service of the Butterfield Overland Mail Company. On the same route, Fort Cummings was established for the protection of these wagon trains. Later, Deming marked the site of the joining of the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, which created the second transcontinental railroad...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738585378
• ISBN13: 9780738585376
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"