Above: The National Scouting Museum. Photographs by Gabriella Marks. I'M IN A ROOM FILLED WITH TREASURE. Some of it has passed through generations, some crossed continents. Some came from attics and…
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Above: Open grasslands between Roy and Mosquero. Photographs by Jay Hemphill. THE LAND COMES FIRST. It always has. It was here at the beginning—it was the beginning—and its end will be our end, too…
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Above: Jamie Tate inspects a grafted apple tree at her Isle of Sky Nursery. WHEN IT RAINS IN WHITE OAKS, the sky glows with color and light and seems almost to flutter in the wind, like a crazy quilt…
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COME AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, after the warm summer breezes have played through but before the first snaps of cool autumn air arrive, our state enacts a certain ritual—a rite of passage, really, one…
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IT'S SATURDAY EVENING IN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, and the band is kicking it up. That’s Robbie McFarland on rhythm guitar. She used to be a trick roper in rodeos. And talk about rough rides: As a girl…
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THE MORNING SUN is just warming up Mount Taylor when 44 students gather in the chapel at St. Joseph Mission School, east of Grants. Gregorian chant flows from an iPod as the students—some so young…
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Above: A formal courtyard ceremony marks completion of the 21-day Recruits at Training program. Here students are recognized for their work and receive their first privileges . NO SOONER DO I ARRIVE on…
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Above: Cecilia Bell, president of the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society, in front of her group's bunting-clad museum near Silver City . YOU FEEL IT IN THE QUIET MOMENTS especially, moments that…
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Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura is revered in his hometown for Korean War heroics (right) and displays the Medal of Honor that President Eisenhower gave to him in 1953 (left). THERE'S A REASON the…
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Left: Cindy and James Hobbs, founders of the Flying J Ranch Chuckwagon Supper and Western Show. Right: Corinna Ripple offers an informal fiddle demonstration. PHOTO LEFT TO RIGHT: JOSEPH ARCURE, MARK…
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