Carpenter Mesa
Carpenter Mesa is a mesa located at 352047N 1035215W in San Miguel County, New Mexico,[1] northeast of Tucumcari.[2]
The origin of the name is not certain, but might have originated from Henry Carpenter, who operated a large ranch in the Juan Tomás area of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, in the 1880s.[3] In 1880 Frank Carpenter, born ca. 1856 in California, was enumerated in San Miguel County as a "cattle raiser", with wife Victoria.[4] A topographic map shows Carpenter Mesa along the north bank of the Canadian River where it flows parallel to Highway 104.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Carpenter Mesa
- ^ "Northeast New Mexico – Mesaland: Scenic Byway". nenewmexico.com. Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2019-10-06.
- ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico (2nd ed.). UNM Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.
- ^ U.S. Federal Census, 1880, San Miguel Co., NM, Precinct No. 18, p. 26A.
- ^ "Topo Map for 35.3125, -103.9375". TopoZone. Retrieved 2019-10-06.