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Raton Pass
1846
Colfax County, New Mexico
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The mountain branch of the Santa Fe Trail crossed here at 7,800 feet. A frontiersman named Uncle Dick Wootton blasted a road through and charged a toll. The Santa Fe and the Rio Grande railroads later raced to grab the pass, and the Santa Fe won it by arriving in the dark.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
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