The Jicarilla Mountains are a
mountain range in
Lincoln County,
New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The Jicarilla Mountains were named after the
Jicarilla Apache Nation
Jicarilla Apache (, Jicarilla language: Jicarilla Dindéi), one of several loosely organized autonomous bands of the Eastern Apache, refers to the members of the Jicarilla Apache Nation currently living in New Mexico and speaking a Southern Atha ...
. The
Sacramento Mountains lie to the southwest.
[''Carizozo, NM,'' 1:100,000 Scale Topographic Map, USGS, 1981]
In 1850 the first gold seekers began to arrive to the Jicarilla Mountains, but it would take time before the first mines were established.
Jicarilla and
White Oaks
The genus ''Quercus'' contains about 500 species, some of which are listed here. The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus ''Quercus'' was divided into the two subgenera ' ...
are two towns that were abandoned when the mines were no longer profitable in the early 1900s.
The range was also called the Sacramento Mountains.
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References
* Julyan, Robert (2006). ''The Mountains of New Mexico''. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
Mountain ranges of New Mexico
Mountain ranges of Lincoln County, New Mexico
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