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Brooks Mercantile Building, c. 1909. Cimarron is located on the land of what became known as the 1,700,000 acres (6,900 km 2) Maxwell Land Grant.In 1842, Lucien B. Maxwell, a fur trapper, came to the Beaubien-Miranda Ranch in northern New Mexico and courted and married Luz Beaubien, one of the owner's six daughters.
The district is located south of US Route 64 on the east and west sides of New Mexico Highway 21. In 1973, the district was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . [ 2 ] According to the National Register, the district contains 1,940 acres (7.85 km 2 ; 3.03 sq mi) and contains 6 significant buildings.
Chase Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico was founded in 1867 by Manly and Theresa Chase. As pioneers, from Wisconsin by way of Colorado, they crossed the Raton Pass in a covered wagon and establish a new home in New Mexico. Manly Chase purchased the land from Lucien Maxwell, part of the Maxwell Land Grant.
Black Mesa is a mesa located in an area covering parts of the U.S. states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.It extends from Mesa de Maya, Colorado southeasterly 28 miles (45 km) crossing into the northeast corner of New Mexico, and ending in the Oklahoma panhandle along the north bank of the Cimarron River at its confluence with the North Carrizo Creek near Kenton.
The range forms the eastern margin of the Southern Rocky Mountains in north-central New Mexico to the west of Cimarron, New Mexico. The range is about forty-seven miles (76 km) long and forty-four miles (71 km) wide [ 2 ] and is bounded by the Moreno Valley to the west, the Great Plains to the east, the Raton Basin to the north, and Ocate Mesa ...
Sep. 7—One of New Mexico's most famous historic hotels will close its doors in two weeks. Cimarron's St. James Hotel, where many colorful figures from the Wild West days stayed and which some ...
The village is at the north end of Eagle Nest Lake, a reservoir on the Cimarron River. According to the United States Census Bureau , the village has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km 2 ), of which 4.2 square miles (10.9 km 2 ) is land and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km 2 ), or 16.76%, is water.
The Cimarron Mercantile, at 709 S. Collison St. in Cimarron, New Mexico, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. [ 1 ] It is listed as a filming location by the New Mexico Film Office.