Historical Marker

Cumbres Pass

Historical marker location:

NM Highway 17, Chama vicinity, New Mexico

( north of Chama)

A major encounter between the U.S. Army and a large group of Utes and Jicarilla Apaches occurred here in July 1848. Old Bill Williams, the famous scout and guide, was badly wounded while fighting the Utes, who had once adopted him as a tribesman.