Frontier Forts and Outposts of NEW MEXICO Rio Grande Gorge and many other features to

and many other features to delight the adventurer or land user

or head north to Box Death Hollow Wilderness for hiking/backpacking

watersports recreation

Covers the entire Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

This shaded map of New Mexico has an expanded Santa Fe area

Frontier Forts and Outposts of NEW MEXICO Rio Grande Gorge and many other features toLife in early New Mexico was often perilous. Geographic isolation attracted outlaws and ruffians, and skirmishes often arose between the indigenous tribes and settlers. In response, the U. S. government set up military forts and outposts to protect its new citizens. These strongholds include Fort Craig, where logs were made to look like cannons to fool Confederate troops. Kit Carson, John Pershing and Billy the Kid all called Fort Stanton home, before