The Watrous House (Doolittle Ranch
House) is just north of the Mora River on US Highway 161 at Watrous, New Mexico. Samuel
Watrous opened a trading store and made his home in this structure in 1849.
The store catered to Santa Fe Trail travelers until the very end of the
Trail era. The town was originally know as La Junta and was renamed Watrous
when the railroad reached the town.
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