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1939
Riding a buffalo, Bean Day, 1939
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About Wagon Mound
Village in New Mexico, United StatesWagon Mound is a village in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. It is named after and located at the foot of a butte called Wagon Mound, which was a landmark for covered wagon trains and traders going up and down the Santa Fe Trail and is now Wagon Mound National Historic Landmark. It was previously an isolated ranch that housed four families that served as local traders. The shape of the mound is said to resemble a Conestoga wagon. As of the 2020 census, the village population was 266. It was also called Santa Clara for many years. The village, with brightly painted houses and several stores and shops, is located on the plains of northeastern New Mexico. Interstate 25, which skirts the…
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Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 98% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Wagon Mound
Full climate →Wagon Mound has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
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