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Turth or Consequence Historic Marker ~ New Mexico

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER

 

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES

 

Population 5,219 - Elevation 4,576

 

In 1581, Capitan Francisco Sánchez Chamuscado took possession of this region for the King of Spain, nam-ing it the Province of San Felipe. Significant European settlement of the area, however, did not occur until the mid-1800s. Once called Hot Springs because of its curative natural hot springs, "T or C" in 1950 took its present name from Ralph Edwards' radio program.

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