Grant Road (Los Alamos, New Mexico)
Historical wagon road and trail in New Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grant Road in Los Alamos, New Mexico, known today as Dot Grant Trail, and also New Mexico Laboratory of Anthropology Trail # 89103, is a historic wagon road, now a hiking trail, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1] The trail was named for Ottie Oman "Dot" Grant, an Anglo homestead owner originally from Colorado who had bought an existing Hispanic homestead to support his agricultural lifestyle year round.[2][3]
Grant Road | |
Location | Approx. 131 ft. N of the NE corner of the jct. of Diamond Dr. and San Ildefonso Rd., Los Alamos, New Mexico |
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Coordinates | 35°53′57″N 106°17′54″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | circa 1887 |
Built by | Anglo and Hispanic homesteaders |
Architectural style | 3,740-foot long road with one homestead structure |
MPS | Homestead and Ranch School Era Roads and Trails of Los Alamos, New Mexico MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 03001409[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 14, 2004 |
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The Grant historic wagon trail was part of a system of roads and trails used for transportation and horses on the Pajarito Plateau of Northern New Mexico. The terrain is rugged and remote. There were ten historic roads in the area including the Grant Road which served the Grant Farm, and connected with two other major access roads on Pajarito Plateau.[4]
The trail is used now as a hiking and mountain biking trail. The soft tuff underlying the trail is still deeply rutted from years of wagon use.[5]