Pecos National Historical Park News

This 1899 photograph shows Martin Kozlowski standing in front of Kozlowski's Trading Post in Pecos.Courtesy of the Colorado Historical Society/Negative A-1 No.

Interpretive markers in Glorieta Battlefield tell the story of a Civil War battle near Pecos, N.M., that historians call "the Gettysburg of the West." IF YOU GO ... PECOS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK: Pecos, N.M.; http://www.nps.gov/peco/ or 505-757-7200. Located about 25 miles from Santa Fe; $3 entrance fee.

Photo: Capt. Candelario Martinez, dressed in Union blue, joined the New Mexico Volunteers at age 18.

A living history encampment was held in association with the dedication of the first public trail at the Glorieta Pass Civil War Battlefield.

A new trail opened Saturday at an historic New Mexico National Park. The Glorieta Battlefield Trail at Pecos National Historical Park opened to the public Saturday morning after crews worked on construction of the trail for two years.

Photo: A new trail at the Pecos National Historical Park shown Sunday, meanders through the Civil War battlefield at Glorieta Pass.

The Civil War Glorieta Pass battlefield, long closed to the public, will open in mid-June. The battlefield, where Union and Confederate troops fought for three days in the spring of 1862, is sandwiched between Interstate 25 and N.M. 50 today.