Description

Heads in the Sacrement Mountains and trends NW to Tularosa Canyon 9.6 km (6 mi) NE of Tularosa. (US-T121)

History

Reported to have been named for the mission and Tiwa Pueblo called Corpus Cristi de la Isleta (Ysleta) del Sur, on the Rio Grande SE of El Paso, Texas because timber used for the mission was cut in this canyon about 1682. (US-T121)

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