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Soldiers Farewell Hill

Coordinates: 32°21′23″N 108°19′48″W / 32.35639°N 108.33000°W / 32.35639; -108.33000
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Soldiers Farewell Hill, a summit at an elevation of 6135 feet, in the Big Burro Mountains, in Grant County, New Mexico.[1]

History

Soldiers Farewell Hill lies south of the Burro Cienega. It marked the site of Ojo Ynez, a watering place nearby the old road between Janos, Chihuahua and the Santa Rita copper mines, later used by Cooke's Wagon Road and the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line. This summit lies over 2 miles east of the site of the Soldier's Farewell Stage Station of the Butterfield Overland Mail.[1]

References

32°21′23″N 108°19′48″W / 32.35639°N 108.33000°W / 32.35639; -108.33000