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Raton Pass, the Glossary

Ratón Pass is a 7,834 ft (2,388 m) elevation mountain pass on the Colorado–New Mexico border in the western United States.^[1]

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Mountain passes of New Mexico
National Historic Landmarks in Colorado
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Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico
Rail mountain passes of the United States

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, also known as ABQ, Burque, and the Duke City, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996.

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BNSF Railway

BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States.

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Canadian River

The Canadian River is the longest tributary of the Arkansas River in the United States.

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Chicago Union Station

Chicago Union Station is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the Near West Side of Chicago.

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Clint Black

Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer.

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Colfax County, New Mexico

Colfax County is a county in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery.

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Denver

Denver is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, often shortened to Rio Grande, D&RG or D&RGW, formerly the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, was an American Class I railroad company.

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Grade (slope)

The grade (US) or gradient (UK) (also called stepth, slope, incline, mainfall, pitch or rise) of a physical feature, landform or constructed line refers to the tangent of the angle of that surface to the horizontal.

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Interstate 25

Interstate 25 (I-25), also known as the Pan-American Freeway, is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States.

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Interstate 25 in Colorado

In the US state of Colorado, Interstate 25 (I-25) follows the north–south corridor through Colorado Springs and Denver. Raton Pass and Interstate 25 in Colorado are Interstate 25.

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Kalmbach Media (formerly Kalmbach Publishing Co.) is an American publisher of books and magazines, many of them railroad-related, located in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri (KC or KCMO) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri by population and area.

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La Junta, Colorado

La Junta is a home rule municipality in, the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States.

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Lamy, New Mexico

Lamy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.

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Las Animas County, Colorado

Las Animas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado. Raton Pass and list of National Historic Landmarks in Colorado are national Historic Landmarks in Colorado.

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List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico

This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico. Raton Pass and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico are national Historic Landmarks in New Mexico.

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Mexican–American War

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Colfax County, New Mexico

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Colfax County, New Mexico.

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Las Animas County, Colorado

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Las Animas County, Colorado.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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Put Yourself in My Shoes

Put Yourself in My Shoes is the second studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Clint Black, released on November 27, 1990.

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Railroad Wars

Railroad Wars were business rivalries between railroad companies, which occurred frequently in American history.

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Raton, New Mexico

Raton is a city and the county seat of Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico.

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Richens Lacey Wootton

Richens Lacy (or Lacey) Wootton (c. 1816 - 1893), often referred to as "Uncle Dick" Wootton, was an American frontiersman born in Virginia, but lived most of his life in what is now Colorado,much of it before the formation of Colorado.

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Royal Gorge

The Royal Gorge is a canyon of the Arkansas River located west of Cañon City, Colorado.

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Sangre de Cristo Mountains

The Sangre de Cristo Mountains (Spanish for "Blood of Christ") are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains.

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Santa Fe Trail

The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century route through central North America that connected Franklin, Missouri, with Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Santa Fe County.

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Southwest Chief

The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flagstaff mostly on the BNSF's Southern Transcon, but branches off between Albuquerque and Kansas City via the Topeka, La Junta, Raton, and Glorieta Subdivision.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raton_Pass

Also known as Raton Pass National Historic Landmark, Raton Subdivision.

Raton Pass, the Glossary

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See also

Interstate 25

Mountain passes of New Mexico

National Historic Landmarks in Colorado

National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico

Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in New Mexico

Rail mountain passes of the United States

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