WALLACE

NAME: WAllace COUNTY: SANDOVAL ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: SO NICE BEST TIME TO VISIT: ANY TIME

COMMENTS: WALLACE. Post office 1882/1887. REMAINS: INQUIRE LOCALLY

WALLACE. 10 mi NE of Algodones. Mail to CERRILLOS; 1888/1895; Mail to PENA BLANCA. Became THORNTON; later DOMINGO. WALLACE. COLFAX COUNTY. 28 mi W of Des Moines. Said to be named for General Lew Wallace, author of 'The fair god (1873) and 'Ben Hur (1880). While governor of New Mexico Territory (1878/1881) he tried to settle one of the most famous feuds in western history, called the Lincoln County War. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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