PORTALES SPRING

NAME: Portales Spring COUNTY: Roosevelt ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: Eastern NM typical BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time is great

COMMENTS: Portales spring. Spanish for "porches, gates", 6 miles sw of portales.` REMAINS: Outcroppings where springs exited the ground

Portales spring. One of the regular watering places on the ft. Sumner trail. The earliest settler here was doak good, who moved to the springs in 1881. When he first arrived, he lived in the caves from whence the springs flow. The caves resemble the porches of mexico adobe houses, hence the name. Portales nm gets its name from the springs. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

Portales Spring Courtesy Samuel W. McWhorter

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