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Fra Cristoblal Mountain is the highest summit of the Fra Cristobal Range in Sierra County, New Mexico. It is the peak in the northern end of the range, which gives the range its name. It rises to an elevation of Шаблон:Convert. The summit overlooks the Jornada del Muerto to the east.[1]

History

Fra Cristoblal Mountain is said to have resembled the profile of a priest, Fray Cristóbal de Salazar, a cousin of Juan de Oñate, with the first colonizing expedition in 1598. The mountain marked the turn westward Jornada del Muerto toward the west where the trail passed through the Lava Gate to reach the Rio Grande. [2]Шаблон:Rp

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Range Highpoint

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  1. Шаблон:GNIS
  2. George D. Torok, From the Pass to the Pueblos, Sunstone Press, Santa Fe, Dec 1, 2011