Wagon Mound
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Wagon Mound
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture And Enhancement
Description
Wagon Mound, New Mexico. Wagon Mound was a landmark for covered wagon trains and traders going up and down the Santa Fe Trail.
The town of Wagon Mound is a village in Mora County, New Mexico. Named after and located at the foot of a butte called Wagon Mound, which was a landmark for covered wagon trains and traders going up and down the Santa Fe Trail and is now Wagon Mound National Historic Landmark. The shape of the mound is said to resemble a Conestoga wagon.
As of the 2000 census, the village population was 369. It was also called Santa Clara for many years. The village, with brightly painted houses and several stores and shops, is located on the plains of northeastern New Mexico. Interstate 25, which skirts the west side of town, gives a view of the majority of the town.
Some digital changes were made to this image after the original photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition...
Image copyright 2012 Jon Burch Photography
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September 2nd, 2012
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