Bent's Fort and Royal Gorge RR

DesertHawk wrote:

RWDIII wrote:
I was hopeing you would respond
We return to Ariz via I25 and I have never seen anything near the Glorieta pass that talks about the Battle.
I am a history buff and have been to the Picacho site in Ariz.Do you have any idea where the site is?

RW, I've not been to it. But here's what I found:
http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/glorieta-pass.html?tab=visit

http://www.nps.gov/peco/historyculture/copy-of-battleofglorietta.htm

http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/glorieta1.htm

Summer ScheduleMemorial Day to Labor Day: Saturdays and Mondays-1:30 p.m. Civil War in the West-Join a ranger or volunteer for a two-hour van tour of Battle of Glorieta Pass sites, including Camp Lewis, Apache Canyon, Canoncito, and Pigeon's Ranch; hear about the characters and events that defined this often overlooked battle.

Winter Schedule Labor Day through Memorial Day: Saturdays-1:30 p.m. Civil War in the West-This 90-minute van tour begins at Kozlowski's Santa Fe Trail stage stop. Next you'll be driven to see the bluff overlooking the confluence of the Glorieta Creek and Pecos River where Tex Austin, "Daddy of the Rodeo," hired architect John Gaw Meem to build a house. Completed in 1926, this structure later became the summer home of Pecos National Historical Park benefactors E.E. "Buddy" Fogelson and his wife, Academy Award-winning actress Greer
http://www.nps.gov/peco/planyourvisit/guidedtours.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield#mediaviewer/File:Interpretive_sign_at_the_Glorieta_Pass_Battlefield.jpg

Thanx for your reply
We will at least stop at Ft Union and maybe Ft Craig
I had always thought that the California column was involved