DEAD MAN - CAPULIN

NAME: DEAD MAN - CAPULIN COUNTY: UNION ROADS: 2WD GRID: 3 CLIMATE: NOT A PROBLEM BEST TIME TO VISIT: ANY TIME

COMMENTS: DEAD MAN. Post office 1909 / 1912. Name changed to Capulin. REMAINS: Consult locals

DEAD MAN. Changed to Capulin. DEAD MAN'S ARROYO. Union County. A few miles E of Sierra Grande Mts. where Seneca Creek heads. Received its name from the last Indian raid in Union County (then a part of Colfax County) on July 4, 1874. Ute Indians came through the country on the warpath, killing several Spanish Americans and two Anglos. The Anmglos were kiled in Corrumpa Creek and the Spanish in this arroyo.DEAD MAN CANYON. Otero County. Runs NW into Alamo Canyon, 3 mi SE of Alamogordo.DEAD MAN'S CANYON. Grant County. In Big Burro Mts. W of Tyrone; drains into Mangas Creek. Named after the body of an unknown murdered man was found here in the early days of Grant County.DEAD MAN'S CURVE. Bernalillo County. On NM 85, 2 mi S of Albuquerque; scene of a number of automobile fatalities.DEAD MAN'S CURVE. Socorro County. A curve between Socorro and Luis Lopez. So named because several have died here; some murdered, some victims of automobile accidents, and one reported dead from a heart attact.DEAD MAN'S PEAK. Rio Arriba County. 10 mi NE of Llaves. Said to be named because a gambler was slain here after he ran away with another man's wife. Submitted by: Sammie Rae McWhorter

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