Today Cerro del Oso is more widely known as Grand
Central Mountain.
The change from the Spanish name Cerro del Oso (Hill of the Bear) to Grand Central
Mountain probably occurred due to the major mining effort on this hill. The Grand
Central Tunnel Company tried to dig a tunnel all the way through this mountain in
1880-1.
One of the founders of the Grand Central Tunnel Company and a major promoter of
the district to investors in New York was Henry M. Atkinson, Surveyor General of
New Mexico.
This website is maintained by the Cerrillos
Hills Park Coalition
and is dedicated to the creation, enhancement and stewardship
of an historical, recreational, and cultural open space in
the
Cerrillos Hills, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA
