Historical Marker
William R. Morley Monument
This monument marks the gravesite of Williams Raymond Morley, an engineer who located the first railroad in New Mexico. An enemy of the powerful Santa Fe Ring, Morley died mysteriously in 1883 while working for the Mexican Central Railway in northern Mexico. The monument and the bodies of Morley and his wife were moved here from Las Vegas, N.M. in 1990.
New Mexico was one of the last territories to become a state, gaining statehood in 1912. Before that, it had been part of the Spanish Empire, Mexico, and the United States Territory of New Mexico.