New Mexico Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary

by T.M. Pearce, Ina Sizer Cassidy (Collaborator), Helen S. Pearce (Collaborator)

5,000 individual items. Explores the folklore, history and frontier humor of New Mexico. Gives the location of place named, highways leading to it,historical inflrmation relevant to the namibg of the place. Spanish and Indian names translated.

187 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1965

Reviews

[Caiden Walls · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good dictionary for places/towns in New Mexico that could be used for references.

[Jeremy Landau · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is still a great primer and reference to all places historic in New Mexico. I return to it again and again.