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Diamond Creek, Catron County. A tributary of the main Gila entering it 
from the east about 35 miles north of Silver City. Bailey camped August 24, 1908, 
near the mouth of the creek at 6,800 feet. [Ligon’s official duties, from 1916 to 1920, 
frequently took him to this stream and its tributaries.] 
Dog Canyon, Eddy County. A long canyon, the head of which is in Texas 
and which crosses the boundary 45 miles west of the Pecos River. The lower part 
of the canyon at 6,100 feet was reached by the Baileys, August 9, 1901. They 
ascended the canyon that day to 6,700 feet, the next day to 6,800 feet, and made their 
base camp for the next two weeks just over the line in Texas. The trips from this 
camp were about evenly divided between Texas and New Mexico. The crest of the 
ridge above Dog Canyon rises to 8,500 feet. 
Dog Spring, Hidalgo County. Near Monument 59, Mexican Boundary Survey, 
42 miles east of the Arizona line; 4,800 feet. Mearns, various times, May 21-June 
13, 1892, and September 15-23, 1893. 
Dona Ana, Dona Ana County. A town on the Rio Grande, 5 miles north of Las 
Cruces and 13 miles from Fort Filmore; 3,900 feet. Henry lived here for several 
months; many of his specimens bear the label of this place. 
Dry Creek, Catron and Grant counties. A small tributary of the San Francisco 
River, flowing into it 10 miles from the Arizona line. Goldman camped 6 miles 
above its mouth at 4,900 feet in Grant County, October 14-16, 1908; Bailey, Novem¬ 
ber 5, 1906, and August 4, 1908, at mouth in Catron County. 
Duck Creek, Grant County. Thirty miles northwest of Silver City. [Kellogg, 
November 10, 1921.] 
DuJce, Rio Arriba County. A station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, 
5 miles from the Colorado line; 6,800 feet. Baileys, September 19-21, 1904. 
Dulce Lake, Rio Arriba County. Four miles south of the town of Dulce; 
6,700 feet. Ligon, August 7, 1913. 
Eagle Peak, Catron County. A high peak in the Tularosa Mountains east of 
Reserve; summit about 9,700 feet (aneroid). Climbed by Bailey October 12-13, 
1906, from Joseph on the Tularosa River. 
East Datil Mountains, Catron County. A small range extending east and 
west and rising to 10,000 feet, 62 miles northwest of Socorro. Explored by Hollister 
October 6-11, 1905, from a base camp at 9,000 feet on the northwestern side, 12 
miles northwest of Datil post office. 
East Gila River. See Gila River. 
East View, Torrance County. On the eastern side of the Manzano Mountains, 
just east of Manzano Peak, 25 miles east of Belen on the Rio Grande. Gaut, early 
October, 1903; Bailey, July 29, 1908. 
Eddy, Eddy County. Same as Carlsbad. 
El Capitan, Lincoln County. See Capitan Mountains. 
Elephant Butte, Sierra County. A butte and station on the Santa Fe Railroad, 
near the Rio Grande, 35 miles north of Rincon and nearly west of Engle. The 
Elephant Butte Reservoir is in the vicinity. Ligon visited this place during the 
summer of 1913 [May 19, 24, and 25, 1916]. 
Elizabethtown, Taos County. On the east side of the Taos Mountains; 8,500 
feet. Bailey camped September 15-20, 1903, at 8,800 feet, 4 miles southwest of 
Elizabethtown, and from here climbed Taos Mountain, September 17. 
