Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong is an historic district that includes portions of what is now the town of Columbus, New Mexico, Pancho Villa State Park, and an airfield, all in Columbus, New Mexico. It was the site of a raid led by Pancho Villa in 1916 that had wide impacts.
The Village of Columbus and Camp Furlong historic district was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
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“In the Corner Store, near the village center, hangs a large sign reading: ‘After 40 years of credit business, we have closed our book of Sorrow.’”
—For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“If Columbus was the first to discover the islands, Americus Vespucius and Cabot, and the Puritans, and we their descendants, have discovered only the shores of America.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)