THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL The vital pack mule caravan route connected Santa Fe to Los Angeles throughout the 1830s and ’40s. Following established Native footpaths, the roughly 2,700-mile trail runs along…
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WHERE LONGHORNS ONCE kicked up red dust, oil pumpjacks known as “nodding donkeys” now pepper the land along the Pecos River, from the Texas border to up past Artesia. The opportunity to turn hard work…
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RICHARD SANCHEZ always looks on the bright side. “He can see a pile of poop on the sidewalk and see the good in it,” says Cissy Diaz, who runs the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Hobbs and counts…
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DRIVING INTO HATCH smells like I remembered. Smoky and sweet, hot and earthy, roasting green chile in the air. Dropping down into the valley from the north in late July, I find the fields are tidy and…
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The Grand Carousel is the centerpiece of the midway, with 60 colorful horses in rows of four, bobbing up and down to the calliope sounds that fill the air. “It’s the largest portable one they make,”…
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STUDIO MANAGER JESSI PENROD was surprised like everyone else when Hanselmann Pottery announced it was closing in December 2023. A fixture in Corrales since 1970, the business had changed hands several…
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