Soldiers Farewell Hill, a
summit
A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topography, topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous.
The term (mountain top) is generally used ...
at an elevation of 6135 feet, in the
Big Burro Mountains, in
Grant County, New Mexico.
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 Santa Rita may refer to:
* Rita of Cascia (1381–1457), Catholic saint
*Associação Atlética Santa Rita, a Brazilian football (soccer) club
*Santa Rita de Cássia FC, an Angolan football (soccer) club
Places Belize
* Santa Rita, Corozal, a Ma ...
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
Soldiers Farewell Stage Station was a stagecoach stop of the 1858-1861 Butterfield Overland Mail route before the company moved to the central route (former Pony Express route). West of "Soldiers Farewell Hill" on the west bank of a drainage arro ...
of the
Butterfield Overland Mail.
An apocryphal explanation of the romantic name (and the most widely accepted) is that soldiers escorting wagon trains en route to California were ordered to go no further than this location, where they bid the travelers, "Farewell."
References
Landforms of Grant County, New Mexico
Mountains of New Mexico
Mountains of Grant County, New Mexico
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