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 * April 29, 1879 Maricopa, Arizona reached


 * March 20, 1880: Tuscon reached


 * June 1880: Pantano  (Robertson) ("June, 1880 Southern Pacific - This road has been extended eastward from the late terminus of Tucson to Pantano , 28 miles . July , 1880 Southern Pacific - Pantano to Benson , 18 miles . October , 1880 Southern Pacific of Arizona - Trains ...")


 * July 1880: Benson (Robertson)


 * August 1880 Willcox reached.


 * December 15, 1880: Deming, New Mexico Open for travel as of December 17, 1880, with tracks already laid 20 miles east of Deming, and within 57 miles of El Paso.  At that point, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway which ran from Kansas City in the east, ended to Aleman,_New_Mexico, about 75 miles distant (but 146 by stage coach).


 * March 8, 1881: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway meets the Southern Pacific at Deming, New Mexico, completing the second transcontinental rail route across the United States.


 * (1899 SP station guide - lists all stations along route)
 * (1924 soil survey San Simon area lists stations in that area)