NM-034 Pilar
Marker text: PILAR
In 1795, twenty-five families were granted land along the Ro Grande at Pilar, then known as Cieneguilla. The Battle of Cieneguilla was fought at Embudo Mountain near here in March 1854. A large force of Utes and Apaches inflicted heavy losses on sixty dragoons from Cantonment Burgwin near Taos.
