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turns south near longitude 108 degrees; 99 miles west of the Rio Grande; 4,400 feet. 
Mearns, April 22-May 15, 1892. 
Monument Park, Sierra County. Twelve miles west of Chloride. [Ligon, 
April 25, 1919.] 
Mora, the county seat of Mora County. Thirty miles north of Las Vegas. 
The Baileys camp of September 4, 1903, was 10 miles south of Mora at 7,300 feet, 
and they passed through the town the following day. 
Mora Creek, San Miguel County. A small tributary of the Pecos River, joining 
that stream 16 miles above Pecos City. The Baileys camped on the Pecos at the 
mouth of the Mora, July 12-18 and August 17-19,1903. 
Moreno Valley, Colfax County. An extensive valley between Taos Pass and 
Agua Fria Peak, 25 miles north of Mora. The Baileys camped here near the head 
of Coyote Creek, September 10-12, 1903, at 8,700 feet. 
Mosquito Springs, Chihuahua. Near Monument 46, Mexican Boundary 
Survey, 130 miles west of the Rio Grande; 4,200 feet. Mearns, part of May 10-21, 
1892. 
Mott Ranch, Guadalupe County. On the west side of the Pecos River, 8 miles 
north of Santa Rosa; 6,400 feet. Baileys, May 23-30, 1903. 
Mountainair, Torrance County. A station on the Santa Fe Railroad, 30 
miles east of Belen; on the height of the divide between the Rio Grande and the 
valley east of the Manzano Mountains; 6,600 feet. Bailey, July 29-31, 1908. 
Mount Sedgwick, Valencia County. Fifteen miles directly west of Grant on 
the Santa Fe Railroad, the highest point of the Zuni Mountains; 9,300 feet. Gold¬ 
man, June 22-25, 1909. 
Mount Taylor, Valencia County. Ten miles northeast of Grant, the highest 
point of the San Mateo Mountains; about 11,000 feet. Hollister, August 13, 1905; 
Baileys, September 21, 1906 [Ligon, June 22 and 24, and July 25, 1916; July 23 and 
25, 1917]. 
Nara Visa, Quay County. On the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad. 
[Ligon, June, 1924.] 
Negrito Creek, Catron County. A tributary of the San Francisco River, 
which it joins 20 miles above Alma at 6,300 feet. Bailey camped in the canyon of 
this creek August 31, 1908, at 7,200 feet, and explored it up to the mouth of Beaver 
Dam Creek at 8,000 feet. 
Nutrias (also called Nutria Springs), McKinley County. On the road from Fort 
Wingate to Zuni, 20 miles south of Fort Wingate; 6,900 feet. Ilenshaw, July 19, 
1873. 
Oak Canyon, Union County. A short canyon, 15 miles long, opening into 
Cimarron Canyon, 5 miles north of Folsom on the Colorado and Southern Railroad, 
and about 7 miles south of the Colorado line; 6,400 feet. Howell, August 31- 
September 5, 1903. 
Ocate Crater, Mora County. A volcanic cone southeast of Guadalupita and 
about 15 miles northeast of Mora. Baileys, September 6, 1903. 
Ojo Caliente, McKinley County. A small village, 13 miles southwest of Zuni 
and 5 miles from where the Zuni River enters Arizona. Bailey, September 21, 1908. 
