Step Into the Old West
GERONIMO TRAIL GUEST RANCH, WINSTON “There are only a handful of original private properties that were homesteaded back in the day before New Mexico was a state, before the national forests,” says…
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Posts From: March 2023
Get a Taste of Western Hospitality
THE NARROW ROAD LEADING TO LOS PINOS GUEST RANCH splits away from NM 63 and cuts into the side of a forested ridge along the Upper Pecos River in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The family-run ranch…
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A Brief Timeline of Native History
850: First great houses built at Pueblo Bonito and Una Vida in Chaco Canyon. 1050: Chaco culture reaches its height. 1068–1072: First Chacoan structures built at what is now called Salmon Ruins. 1105:…
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Ancient Enigmas
IN THE 17TH CENTURY, the Four Corners region turned cruel. Chaco’s Ancestral Puebloan people had fled three centuries earlier, their elaborate social structure abandoned as the culture’s various…
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Cultural Vocabulary Lesson
Navajo people use the name Diné to describe themselves. The Bureau of Land Management area with Navajo defensive sites is called the Dinétah by archaeologists. In the Diné language, Dinétah refers…
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Protect Our Historic Sites
Volunteers donate time and gas money to monitor archaeological sites all across the state for erosion, vandalism, looting, and deteriorating conditions. The Salmon Ruins Museum’s team of site stewards…
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Explore Archaeology
THE CHACOAN PAST enthralls visitors to Chaco Culture National Historical Park, southwest of Nageezi; Aztec Ruins National Monument, in Aztec; and Salmon Ruins Museum, in Bloomfield, which also tells…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Go to an art fair. More than 70 artists will display hundreds of works in mediums such as weaving, painting, woodworking, and silversmithing at the 12th annual Las Cruces Art Fair. Hosted by the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: March 2023
Illustration by Chris Philpot. MIDWEST NOT-SO-NICE After a visit to Tucson, JANICE JONES was returning to the Midwest via Amtrak, on the Sunset Limited, set to change trains in San Antonio, Texas…
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Flying Solo at La Baracca
MICHAEL DEMEO HAS TRAVELED A WINDING, flavorful path to La Baracca, a tiny Italian eatery churning out dishes with big-city pizzazz in Truth or Consequences. “I didn’t even know this place existed,”…
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