A Summary Description of the Historical Settlement of Marcia

Author(s): Patricia M. Spoerl

Year: 1981

Summary

The village of Marcia, or Camp Marcia, was an important settlement in the Sacramento Mountains during the railroad era. It is located along the Rio Peñasco approximately 9 miles south of Cloudcroft within the boundaries of the Lincoln National Forest. The village, occupied between 1919 and 1912, was the mountain headquarters and locomotive maintenance center for lumber companies operating along the western edge of the Sacramento Mountains. Mapping of the remains of this village and the following summary description of the village has been prepared because Forest Service timber projects are proposed in the vicinity of this historical site.

Information for the following discussions of Marcia was gained partially from a manuscript entitled, "Marcia, New Mexico," prepared by members of Geography **98, New Mexico State University—Alamogordo, taught by Dr. Karl Wuersching - Their report is based upon historical documents and interviews with people who had lived in Marcia.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2014, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.

Cite this Record

A Summary Description of the Historical Settlement of Marcia. Patricia M. Spoerl. In Cultural Resources On the Lincoln National Forest. Albuquerque, New Mexico: USDA Forest Service, Southwest Region. 1981 ( tDAR id: 37124) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8TM7C2W

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Keywords

Culture
Euroamerican • Historic

Site Name
Camp Marcia • Village of Marcia

Site Type
Domestic Structures • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Collections Research • Historic Background Research • Reconnaissance / Survey • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Historic Resource Study • Oral History • Statement For Management

Geographic Keywords
35035 (Fips Code) • Camp Marcia • Cloudcroft • New Mexico (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Otero (County) • Rio Penasco • Sacramento Montains • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1919 to 1942 (Dates from historical records)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -106.378; min lat: 32 ; max long: -104.848; max lat: 33.391 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Sponsor(s): Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM

Prepared By(s): National Forest Service, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM

Record Identifiers

NADB document id number(s): 921766; 5422527

NADB citation id number(s): 000000208353; 000000120225

Notes

General Note: Sent from: USDA, FS, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM

General Note: Submitted to: USDA, FS, Southwestern Region, Albuquerque, NM Originally this record was automatically added to tDAR from NADB. In 2014, a copy of the document was added and the record metadata was updated. There was a second record (tDAR id: 229844) for this document, which has been marked as "duplicate".

Administration Note: This report is also contained in the document with tDAR Record #393944.

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