National Park timeline

By Emily P
  • 9000 BCE

    First inhabitants arrive

  • The Spanish Arrive
    1550

    The Spanish Arrive

  • Diego de Vargas leads an expedition

    Diego de Vargas leads an expedition

    He led this expedition to look for salt deposits around the Guadalupe Mountains
  • Butterfield Overland Mail Coach

    Butterfield Overland Mail Coach

    The mail coaches arrival at the Pinery

  • El Paso Salt War

    This was between El Paso businessmen and Louis Cardis
  • Ranching in the Guadalupe Mountains

    Ranching in the Guadalupe Mountains

    People begin to try to farm in the mountains.
  • Mescalero Indians are driven out of the Guadalupe Mountains

    Mescalero Indians are driven out of the Guadalupe Mountains

  • Wallace E. Pratt donates park to the National Park Service

    Wallace E. Pratt donates park to the National Park Service

  • The day the park was established

    The day the park was established

  • Wallace E. Pratt Dies

    Wallace E. Pratt Dies

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