[Tres Hermanas Mountains]

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Postcard of the Three Sisters mountain peaks in the New Mexico desert. In the foreground, there is a relatively flat desert area covered in scrub and plants, with a wooden structure at the left side of the image that may be an old mine headframe entrance to the Canon Quarry Mine. The postcard caption says: Tres Hermanas (3 Sisters) Mountains, New Mexico.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 1910/1920.

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This postcard is part of the collection entitled: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso and was provided by the El Paso Public Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 835 times, with 31 in the last month. More information about this postcard can be viewed below.

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Postcard of the Three Sisters mountain peaks in the New Mexico desert. In the foreground, there is a relatively flat desert area covered in scrub and plants, with a wooden structure at the left side of the image that may be an old mine headframe entrance to the Canon Quarry Mine. The postcard caption says: Tres Hermanas (3 Sisters) Mountains, New Mexico.

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Additional context: The Tres Hermanas Mountains are located south of the city of Deming, New Mexico and north of the village of Columbus, New Mexico - both in Luna County. These pyramid-shaped peaks, are lined up in a northwest to southeast orientation, and are quite prominent when approaching from the north on New Mexico Highway 11. The North Peak represents the North Sister; the Middle Peak represents the Middle Sister; and the South Peak represents the South Sister. The highest summit in this small mountain range is the North Peak or North Sister with an elevation of 5804 feet. Mining the Tres Hermanas, for various minerals, began around the year 1885. The Tres Hermanas Mountains are surrounded by the Chihuahuan Desert and nearby and to the northeast are the Florida Mountains. The Canon Quarry Mine is near the Tres Hermanas Mountains.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [Tres Hermanas Mountains], postcard, 1910/1920; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth188023/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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