Location: Raton, Colfax, New Mexico, United States
Surnames/tags: One_Place_Studies New_Mexico Colfax_County
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Clifton House Site
The location of the lodge was along the west bank of the cottonwood-shaded Canadian River, adjacent to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad tracks. The materials were brought overland from Dodge City. For years it served as headquarters for cattle roundups. It was also a roundup point for post-Civil War cattle drives. After the abandonment of the Santa Fe Trail in 1879, it fell into disuse and burned.
The Clifton House is also connected to the outlaws "Ike" and "Port" Stockton. They just happened to live near the Clifton House but had no connection to the building, or running, the hotel.
Name
Geography
- Continent: North America
- Country: United States of America
- State/Province: New Mexico
- County: Colfax
- GPS Coordinates: 36.6418439007286, -104.52471421862882
- Elevation: 1871.0 m or 6138.5 feet
History
Population
Notables
Sources
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Conway, Jay T. (1930). A brief community history of Raton, New Mexico. Raton: Gazette Print. pp. 17 p.
- Pike, David (2004). Roadside New Mexico: a guide to historic markers. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. pp. 434 p. ISBN 0-8263-3118-1.
- Veltri, Pat. "The Clifton House: Relay Station and Hostelry on the Santa Fe Trail", database (https://krtnradio.com/ : accessed 5 Oct 2021) The Raton Range 27 Jun 1980
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