Borrego Pass is an unincorporated community consisting of two Navajo communities[2] and a trading post in the Navajo lands of McKinley County, in northwestern New Mexico, United States. In Navajo its name is Dibé Yázhí Habitiin,[3] meaning "Upward Path of the Lamb."
Borrego Pass, New Mexico | |
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  Borrego Pass Location within the state of New Mexico  Borrego Pass Borrego Pass (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 35°34′23″N 108°00′18″W / 35.57306°N 108.00500°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | McKinley |
| Elevation | 7,438 ft (2,267 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP codes | 87313 |
| Area code | 505 |
| GNIS feature ID | 886640[1] |
Borrego Pass is located on Navajo Route 48, twelve air miles and fifteen miles by road southeast of Crownpoint.[4]
History
editThe community formed around the Borrego Pass Trading Post which was opened in 1927 and was first operated by Ben and Anna Harvey,[5] and then starting in 1935 by Bill and Jean Cousins.[6] It was sold in 1939 to Don and Fern Smouse who operated it for over forty years. The trading post was named after the nearby Borrego Pass[1] an ancient water gap, across the Continental Divide,[7] that cuts into the Dutton Plateau.[8]
Education
editThere is a Navajo school at Borrego Pass, the Borrego Pass School (Dibé Yázhí Habitiin Óltaʼ) which was established in the early 1950s.[2] In 1972, it became one of the first contract schools of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (B.I.A.).[citation needed] It is now affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).[9]
It is in Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.[10] It is zoned to Crownpoint Elementary School, Crownpoint Middle School, and Crownpoint High School.[11]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Borrego Pass, New Mexico
- ^ a b Iverson, Peter (1983) The Navajo Nation University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, volume 2, pages 144–145, ISBN 0-8263-0652-7
- ^ Bright, William (2004) Native American placenames of the United States University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, page 71 ISBN 0-8061-3576-X
- ^ Eddington, Patrick and Makov, Susan (1995) Trading post guidebook: where to find the trading posts, galleries, auctions, artists, and museums of the Four Corners region Northland Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona, pages 133-134, ISBN 0-87358-612-3
- ^ "Trading post listed as 'historic place'" Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine KRQE News 25 October 2010
- ^ Cousins, Jean; Cousins, Bill and Engels, Mary Tate (1996) Tales from Wide Ruins: Jean and Bill Cousins, traders Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, Texas, pages 77–85, ISBN 0-89672-368-2
- ^ Julyan, Robert (1998) "Borrego Pass" The Place Names of New Mexico (revised edition) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico, page 46, ISBN 0-8263-1689-1
- ^ Lekson, Stephen H. (1999) The Chaco meridian: centers of political power in the ancient Southwest Altamira Press, Walnut Creek, California, page 119, ISBN 0-7619-9180-8
- ^ "Dibe Yazhi Habitiin Olta, Inc (Borrego Pass)". Bureau of Indian Education. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ "GMCS Address Lookup". Gallup-McKinley County Schools. Retrieved January 15, 2022. - KML files: High boundaries and locations.