Category: Travel Writing
No. 1—Santa Fe, New Mexico No. 2—Taos—Red River—Eagle Nest, New Mexico, Circle Drive No. 3—Roswell—Capitan—Ruidoso and Bottomless Lakes State Park, New Mexico No. 4—Southern Zuni Mountains, New Mexico No. 5—Silver City—Santa Rita—Hurley, New Mexico No. 6—Trail Guide to Geology...
The visitor from El Paso, as the Chihuahua desert (the name is fairly deserved) slides backward underneath him, will be amazed at the serpentine stripe of vivid verdure below, a...
14. Part 14When driving across New Mexico or when visiting some part of the state, one should be aware of the wealth of history that is always close at hand. Many people, when faced with w...
11. Part 11The Gila is an exciting and exhilarating place to explore, sightsee, hunt, fish, and just enjoy. Indian ruins are evident almost everywhere, but the Gila Cliff Dwellings Nationa...
2. Part 2The period from 1628 to 1680 was one of internal conflict and isolation for New Mexico. It lay far out on the frontier, alone and distant from its source of supplies. It lacked...
8. Part 8Fort Wingate, at the site known today, was established in 1868. It is located on the site of a pre-existing fort at Ojo del Oso (Bear Springs) about twelve miles east of Gallup...
9. Part 9How were the Caverns formed? The story began about 240 million years ago, during the Permian Period. At that time, the two limestone formations in which the caverns occur—the Ta...
12. Part 12From Velarde (twelve miles north of Espanola) for seventy miles northward to the Colorado state line, the Rio Grande Gorge is carved 500 to 800 feet into black basalt flows and...
10. Part 10The oldest dated inscription at El Morro was made in 1605 by don Juan de Oñate, first governor of New Mexico. Returning from an expedition to the mouth of the Colorado River, he...
13. Part 13Laguna Pueblo is the youngest and second largest of the pueblos in New Mexico. Built in 1697, shortly after the reconquest by de Vargas, the name was derived from a large lake w...
6. Part 6By the middle of Permian time, the southern Colorado mountains had been worn down to low hills that lay north of an extensive sea covering most of New Mexico. From Santa Fe sout...
15. Part 15New Mexico is a mineral-rich state. The gross production value of oil, gas, and minerals was $671 million during 1963, making the state the sixth ranking mineral producer in the...
7. Part 7The year 1926 was marked by the first of a series of important archeological finds in New Mexico that were eventually to demonstrate that man had occupied this area as much as 1...
5. Part 5Silicified wood, chiefly of pines but with some oak and poplar, is abundant in the Galisteo Formation. Large logs, up to 6 feet in diameter and 135 feet long, have been found. I...
4. Part 4Perhaps nowhere in the world is the natural setting nobler than in New Mexico—more beautiful with spacious desert, sky, mountain; more varied in rich, energizing climate, more d...
17. Part 17C Caballo Lake State Park, 104, 112 Mountains, 38, 40, 112, 161 Reservoir, 112, 117, 161 Cabeza de Vaca, 6 Cabezon Peak, 37, 51, 163 cacti, 17, 18, 19, 20, 33 calcite, 42, 46, 4...
1. Part 1No. 1—Santa Fe, New Mexico No. 2—Taos—Red River—Eagle Nest, New Mexico, Circle Drive No. 3—Roswell—Capitan—Ruidoso and Bottomless Lakes State Park, New Mexico No. 4—Southern Zun...
16. Part 16Eastward from Lordsburg for 118 miles are the Antelope Plains; plains, plains, plains. Steers graze on the sparse grass, yucca clumps border the highway, and here and there sand...
18. Part 18R rabbit, 30, 31, 95 Radium Springs, 161 Ragland, 155 rattlesnakes, 18, 31 railroads, 12, 66, 70, 74, 92, 99, 115, 125, 151 Rain Dance, 123 Ramah [N. Mex.], 89 Ramirez, Fray Jua...