Pastura, Spanish for pasture, is a ranching settlement along the Southern Pacific Railroad and U. S. 54. Its postoffice operated for 57 years from 1903 to 1960. Pastura was founded in 1901 by the SPRR and the Pastura Trading Company, owned by the historic Charles Ilfeld Hardware Company in Las Vegas, N.M.
To the west are the wind farms on Pintada Mesa. Argonne Peak is the high point, elevation at 6007 feet. Pastura's elevation is 5235.
This Chapel of St. Helen Catholic Church was built in 1926. The adjoining cemetery has graves dating back to the early 1900's.
This cache is placed as a tribute to the pioneers and settlers of the Pastura area who helped develope this area and who are buried here.