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canyon, 6,500 feet, 15 miles southeast of Magdalena and 10 miles west of Socorro. 
From here collections were made up to 10,000 feet in the Magdalena Mountains. 
Weed, Otero County. A small town in the eastern foothills of the Sacramento 
Mountains; 7,200 feet. Bailey and Hollister, September 5, 1902. 
Wheeler Peak (called Taos Peak on the Land Office map), Taos County. The 
highest peak in New Mexico, 13,600 feet (aneroid), 17 miles northeast of Taos Pueblo. 
The Baileys base camp of July 20-August 2, 1904, was on the lake at the west of this 
peak, 11,400 feet, and was called Wheeler Peak Amphitheater. The peak itself was 
climbed July 21, 25, 26, and 27. 
White Lake, Chaves County. About 30 miles northeast of Roswell. [Ligon, 
June 6, 1924.J 
White Mountains. See Sierra Blanca. 
Whitewater, Grant County. Two miles south of Monument 61, Mexican 
Boundary Survey, 153 miles west of the Rio Grande, 5,000 feet. Mearns, part of 
May 30-June 29, 1892, and part of September 10-23, 1893. 
Whitmire Ranch, Hidalgo County. On the east side of Playas Lake, at 
about 5,000 feet. Bailey camped there the night of August 5, 1908. 
Willis. San Miguel County. On the Pecos River at about 7,800 feet, 23 miles 
above the town of Pecos. The Nelson brothers lived here in 1883 and Henshaw 
was here with them July 18-August 28, 1883; Birtwell, 1901. The Baileys camped 
July 18-21, 1903, 1 mile above Willis post office at 8,100 feet (see Cowles). 
Willow Creek, Catron County. One of the upper branches of the middle fork 
of the Gila. The Baileys’ base camp, August 18-30,1906, was at 8,500 feet, about 15 
miles east of the town of Mogollon; Goldman camped near here October 21-29, 1908; 
each used these camps as the base for exploring the Mogollon Mountains. 
Wingate, McKinley County. A station on the Santa Fe Railroad, 30 miles east 
of the Arizona line, 7,000 feet; Fort Wingate lies 3 miles to the southward. Hollister, 
June 18-26 and June 28, 1905. 
Zuni, McKinley County. A town on the Zuni River, 20 miles from Arizona; 
the headquarters of the Zuni Indians and near the old Zuni Pueblo. Woodhousej 
September 1-24, 1851; Kennerly, November 20-28, 1853; Aiken, June, 1876* Bailev' 
September 21-22, 1908. 
Zuni Mountains, McKinley and Valencia Counties. A large range extending 
northwest and southeast with the middle of the range 25 miles northeast of Zuni. 
Hollister explored these mountains July 17-24, 1905, coming in from Grant, a 
station on the Santa Fe Railroad, and making his base camp at Agua Fria Spring, 
8,000 feet; Bailey made a trip to the mountains, November 2,1908, by way of Thoreau, 
Kettner and Copperton; Goldman came in from Thoreau, a station on the Santa Fe 
Railroad and made his base camp at McGaffey 6 miles southwest of Mount Sedgwick 
near the head of Bluewater Creek, 8,500 feet, June 13-26, 1909. 
Zuni River, McKinley and Valencia Counties. One of the principal rivers of 
western New Mexico, crossing the Arizona boundary a few miles south of latitude 
o5 degrees. Bailey camped on the river the night of September 21, 1908, close to the 
Arizona boundary. 
