DE VARGAS

NAME: De vargas
COUNTY: Cibola / valencia
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 4
CLIMATE: Keep your eyes peeled for snow clouds.
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time
COMMENTS: De vargas. Post office 1900 / 1901. Homesteading community in w end of county, e of cerro alto mts. May be commemorative name for don diego de vargas zapata lujan ponce de leon, governor and captain general of new mexico, 1691/1697, but more likely commemorates a person who owned and herded sheep there.
REMAINS: Inquire locally
De vargas. Abandoned settlement. Submitted by: Ronnie Bivens

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