First Automobile in New Mexico (Note: not built)

Historical marker location:

NM Highway 87/64, Raton, New Mexico

( State Visitor Information Center @ Raton, I-25 Exit 451)

Robert L. Dodson bought a steam-powered Locomobile in Denver with plans to drive it to Albuquerque. Accompanied by a Locomobile representative, on November 30, 1900, the pair became the first motorists to traverse treacherous Raton Pass into New Mexico. The trip to Raton, largely on wagon roads, took five days. A few days later the Locomobile arrived in Albuquerque to fanfare and some consternation.