Capitán
Population 1400 -- Elevation 6350 Ft.
Many incidents in the Lincoln County War, 1876-1879, occurred in the area around Capitán. The promoters Charles B. and John A. Eddy platted the townsite in 1900, after building a spur of the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad from Carrizozo in order to open the Salado coal fields. The mines were abandoned in 1901.
Marker is on New Mexico Route 48 at milepost 21.1, 1 mile south of U.S. 380, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
