Historical Marker

Roswell (2)

Historical marker location:

US 285, Roswell vicinity, New Mexico

( south of Roswell)

Roswell was a watering place for the Pecos Valley cattle drives of the 1870s and 1880s. It was incorporated in 1891 and is seat of Chaves County, named for Col. J. Francisco Chaves, Civil War soldier and delegate to the U.S. Congress from the Territory of New Mexico. In the 1930s, Dr. Robert Goddard conducted experiments in liquid fuel rocket flights here. Population - 50,000 Elevation - 3,612 ft.