Mother Magdalen and the Sisters of Loretto (1852-1968) / Carlsbad

The panel's Carlsbad side tells how the town got its name, but it has crazed past reading. The town was laid out as Eddy on September 15, 1888, for Charles B. Eddy. Mineral springs near the flume were developed for their healing reputation, and in 1899 residents voted 83 to 43 to rename the town for Karlsbad, the Bohemian spa whose water theirs was said to match. Carlsbad Spring still flows near the flume. The panel's other face honors the Sisters of Loretto who reached Santa Fe in 1852.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park — 2.7 mi
  A zoo and garden of the Chihuahuan Desert on the Ocotillo Hills above Carlsbad, whose animals are injured or orphaned wildlife that cannot go back to the wild.
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park — 22 mi
  The way into the cave has changed four times: a guano miner's bucket, a wooden staircase, a 750-foot elevator, and now a timed ticket and a switchback trail down the natural entrance.

More markers nearby

• Josephine Cox "Grandma" Anderson — steps away
• Carlsbad Irrigation Flume — 3.0 mi
• Civilian Conservation Corps Carlsbad Campsite — 3.0 mi
• Carlsbad Irrigation Flume — 3.1 mi