Raton Pass
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Raton Pass |
Raton Pass - Las Animas County, Colorado / Colfax County, New Mexico - 7,881 feet
(other name - Cimarron)
Raton Creek to north. Railroad Canyon to south.
On the north-bound (east) side of I-25 between Raton NM and Trinidad CO at the state border.
Vintage 1929 bronze plaque is at the north end of the pull-out, behind the fence by the large water tank.
pavement - road bike
photos by Randy Bishop, 05/15/2017
At the summit. |
At the summit. |
Vintage 1929 bronze marker at the summit. |
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Vintage 1929 bronze marker at the summit. |
Vintage 1929 bronze marker at the summit. |
At the summit. |
At the summit, looking north toward Spanish Peaks. |
B/W photos by my grandfather Albert Bishop, August 1920.
Color photo by Randy Bishop, 9/27/2014.
The car is a 1917 Ford Model T they drove about 400 miles from south-central Nebraska.
Near the summit. |
Near the summit. |
Near the summit. |
Raton, NM, looking east. |
Raton, NM, looking east in 2014. |
The 1929-vintage
History Colorado (State Historical Society of Colorado) marker reads:
This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado. Raton Pass. Between Colorado and New Mexico.
Altitude 7,881 feet. "Raton" is Spanish for "mouse." On mountain branch Santa Fe Trail, crossed by Kearny's
Army of the West in the Mexican War and by First Regiment, Colorado Volunteers in the Civil War.
"Uncle Dick" Wootton's toll road built 1865. Railroad constructed 1878. Improved highway built 1919-1922.
Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J. N. Hall Foundation and by the State
Highway Department. 1929.
| Feature Name | ID | Class | County | State | Latitude | Longitude | Ele(ft) | Map | BGN Date | Entry Date |
| Raton Pass | 898411 | Gap | Colfax | NM | 365928N | 1042912W | 7798 | Raton | - | 13-NOV-1980 |