Grants
Population 11,451 Elevation 6500 ft
Located just north of the great lava bed known as the Malpais, Grants began as a coaling station for the Santa Fe Railroad. Around 1880 it was known as Grant's Camp, after the Canadian bridge contractor Angus A. Grant. In 1950, the area's vast uranium deposits were discovered.
Marker is on New Mexico Route 117 0.3 miles north of Interstate 40, on the right when traveling north.
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