It's Cool Sites Monday.
This view is on the Southwest Chief.
This area of the Arizona/New Mexico border is very beautiful.
The Arizona side has the Painted Desert and the New Mexco side has these sandstone cliffs, between the border and Albuquerque, NM.
These particular sandstone cliffs are by Fort Wingate (which was one of the battle areas with the Navajo Indians). From what I read, the fort was moved 3 times, over the years and I believe it does not even exist anymore. FYI, the photo was taken just past Wingate, closer to Jamestown, NM.
In my travels on the Internet I saw that there is a marker in Wingate, to commemorate one of the 3 Fort sites.
A small piece of trivia: The Navajo Code Talkers from WWII were stationed at Fort Wingate.
Just know there is more where that came from.
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