Archaeology and Cultural Resources
"The Climbing Cloud Railroad". Located in the Sacramento Mountains, the Mexican Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle bridge listed on the National Register of Historical Places. This historical railway ran from 1899 to 1947 and is not part of NM Rails-to-Trails.
Prehistoric Times
Evidence dating from as early as 10,000 BC suggest that prehistoric humans hunted and lived in the areas in around present-day Lincoln National Forest. Signs of their presence can be seen in the forms of rock art and petroglyphs they left behind.
Conservation Civilian Corps
The work that the CCC young men accomplished has lasted to the present day, many times without us even realizing their hard work. Campgrounds, lookout towers, roads, trails, fences, phone lines, planting of trees, bridges, erosion control dams to name but a few.