Although Tularosa derives its name from the
Spanish word tule meaning reeds or cattails, City of Roses
is much more appealing and conjures up the picturesque town
that Tularosa is.
Tularosa, New Mexico, in Otero County in the
southwest US, is about 13 miles north of Alamogordo at the
junction of US 54 and US 70.
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Original settlers in the 1860s came from
washed-out villages on the Rio Grande near Mesilla. Due to
frequent raids by the Apaches from what is now the Mescalero
Apache Reservation, occupation was untenable and the site
was abandoned.
Another attempt at settlement occurred in
1862, and with Fort Stanton in the mountains to the east for
protection, it was successful. Orchards were planted and
homes were built. Forty-nine blocks of the new village were
plotted with allocated irrigation rights.
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The acequias (irrigation ditches) carried
the clear mountain water that nourished the fruit trees.
This period of the town's history was idyllic and
categorized as the Golden Age. Some of the original
block-long adobe homes still exist, their walls decorated
with lovely murals.
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All was not peaceful, however, and in 1868
the settlers and Apaches battled at Round Mountain. This
event was commemorated with the building of the first
church, St. Francis de Paula.
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Tularosa, at 4,500 feet elevation with a
population of 2,615, has seen the arrival of Texas
cattlemen, merchants, former Union soldiers, professionals
and promoters. It was a mix of Spanish-speaking ranchers and
Anglos, divided into Texans and Yankees, but Tularosa has
managed to weather them all.
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