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NAME: CHAMISAL COUNTY: TAOS ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Generally pretty nice. Watch the snow clouds in the winter.` BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time |
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CHAMISAL. Established about 1851, 30 mi Sw of Taos. Post office 1904/ 1913. Mail to Llano REMAINS: Inquire locally |
| CHAMISAL. Span. 'place overgrown with chamiso'. Several varieties of grayhish, narrow leaved Southwestern brush called by the Spanish name chamisa, also known as rabbitbrush. This is commonly seen growing along stretches in the Santa Fe and Taos regions. Another common brush, the saltbush, is called chamiso. The name is a folk name that may be related to Span. 'to singe or burn', probably because the people used the brush as fire wood.CHAMISAL. Socorro County. Name applied to N part of city of Socorro.CHAMISAL. Taos County. Established about 1851, 30 mi SW of Taos.CHAMISAL CREEK. Taos County. Heads near Rio Arriba border; flows N below town of Chamisal.CHAMISO MESA. Sandoval County. 4 mi E of Jemez Pueblo. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter |
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