A Summary Description of the Historical Settlement of Marcia

The village of Marcia, or Camp Marcia, was an important settlement in the Sacramento Mountains during the railroad era. It is located along the Rio Peñasco approximately 9 miles south of Cloudcroft within the boundaries of the Lincoln National Forest. The village, occupied between 1919 and 1912, was the mountain headquarters and locomotive maintenance center for lumber companies operating along the western edge of the Sacramento Mountains. Mapping of the remains of this village and the following summary description of the village has been prepared because Forest Service timber projects are proposed in the vicinity of this historical site.

Information for the following discussions of Marcia was gained partially from a manuscript entitled, "Marcia, New Mexico," prepared by members of Geography **98, New Mexico State University—Alamogordo, taught by Dr. Karl Wuersching - Their report is based upon historical documents and interviews with people who had lived in Marcia.

Originally the information in this record was migrated into tDAR from the National Archaeological Database Reports Module (NADB-R) and updated. In 2014, as part of its effort to improve tDAR content, the Center for Digital Antiquity uploaded a copy of the document and further improved the record metadata.