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 West Santa Fe Avenue (Historic Route 66) 0.1 miles east of New Mexico Route 53, on the right when traveling east.