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Tajiflue, Torrance County. A town on the eastern slope of the Manzano 
Mountains, 30 miles southeast of Albuquerque; 7,500 feet. Gaut made his base 
camp near this place December T5-22, 1903, and collected near here from 7,800 to 
9,500 feet. 
Taos, Taos County. A town 4 miles from the Taos Pueblo, the principal pueblo 
of the State; 7,000 feet. The Baileys passed through September 21, 1903, and 
outfitted July 8-11, working from a base camp a mile beyond, at the foot of the 
mountains, July 11-19, 1904. [Ligon was there June 19, 1919.] 
Taos Creek. See Pueblo Creek. 
Taos Mountains, Taos County. The name applies locally to that part of the 
Sangre de Cristo range lying between the Culebra Mountains to the north and the 
Truchas Mountains to the South. This range contains the highest peak in the 
State, to which the name, Wheeler Peak, should be applied; about 13,600 feet. 
Bailey collected in these mountains September 15-20, 1903, climbing Taos Mountain 
on September 17 by way of Elizabethtown and on September 25 going up Hondo 
Canyon to the west base of Wheeler Peak. The following year, the Baileys made 
their base camp, July 20-August 2, at the head of Lake Fork at the west base of 
Wheeler Peak, 11,400 feet; this camp being called in their notes, Wheeler Amphi¬ 
theater. They made many trips from here to the top of Wheeler Peak and to 
some of the highest of the neighboring peaks. 
Taos Pass, Taos and Colfax Counties. The lowest pass in the Taos Mountains, 
15 miles directly east of Taos Pueblo; 9,100 feet. The Baileys camped September 
12-15, 1903, 1 mile east of the pass and 300 feet below its summit; going on through 
the pass, September 20. 
Taos Peak, Taos County. The peak to which this name should be applied is 
2 miles southeast of Wheeler Peak and just north of Blue Lake; 13,400 feet Bailev 
July 21, 1904. 
Tecolote, San Miguel County. A small town 10 miles south of Las Vegas; 
6,500 feet. The Baileys were here, August 28, 1903. 
Thoreau, McKinley County. A station on the Santa Fe Railroad; 7,000 feet; 
a logging road extends from here up into the Zuni Mountains. Bailey, November 
1, 2, 3, 1908; Goldman, June 9-12, 27-28, and July 29-30, 1909. 
Thornton, Sandoval County. A station on the Santa Fe Railroad, near the 
Rio Grande, 35 miles north of Albuquerque; 5,200 feet. Jones and Dawson June 
30-July 1, 1900. 
Tierra Amarilla, Rio Arriba County. The county seat, on the Big Chama 
River, 20 miles from the Colorado line; 7,700 feet. Baileys, September 12-14 and 
25, 1904. 
Tres Piedras, 1 aos County. A station on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 
22 miles south of the Colorado line; 8,000 feet. Baileys, October 1-2, 1903* Gaut 
July 30-August 3, 1904; [Ligon, in Carson Forest west of Tres Piedras! Ma y 4 and 
June 6, 1916]. ' 
Truchas Peaks, Santa Fe and San Miguel Counties. A local name given to the 
group of mountains about 4 miles northeast of Pecos Baldy at the southern end 
o the Sangre de Cristo range. The highest peaks are 13,275 and 13,300 feet 
One of them was climbed by the Baileys, August 11, 1903, and both by Bailey! 
August 12, 1903. [Visited by Ligon, July 12, 17, and 18, 1919.] 
