Northeastern NM: Time Travel
THE ROUTE: Begin in Ratón, 10 miles S. of the Colorado border and 92 miles W. of Oklahoma, where the Mountain Route of the historic Santa Fe Trail spills into New Mexico from the steep Ratón Pass…
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Bringin’ It All Back Home
NEED TO KNOW Michael Hearne’s 13th Annual Big Barndance Music Festival, September 10–12, noon to 11 p.m. daily, Kit Carson Park. Festival passes are $99 until August 1, then $110, taxes included…
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On With the Show
View the print version NEED TO KNOW The Shuler Theater presents The Centennial Rose , a variety show celebrating the theater’s first 100 years, on April 25 at 7 p.m., April 26 at 2 p.m., and April 27…
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Nine Nights a Week
NEED TO KNOW | RED RIVER SUMMER SOUNDS REDRIVER.ORG IS A GO-TO REFERENCE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, EVENTS, RECREATION, LODGING, DINING, AND MORE. Bull o’ the Woods Saloon hosts great local acts like Hwy. 38…
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Flight of the Phoenix
NEED TO KNOW | RATÓN Festivities Ripley Park, Shuler Theater, Old Pass Art Gallery, and the 11 a.m. Fourth of July parade are along First and Second Streets in the Ratón Downtown Historic District…
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Painting the Town
NEED TO KNOW Mosquero is 164 miles from Santa Fe. Take I-25 N. 106 mi. Take N.M. 120 toward Wagon Mound (exit 387) for 34 mi. (N.M. 120 turns into Wagon Mound Highway after 24 mi.) Turn right (SE)…
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A Range of Possibility
Giles Lee has lived at the Swamp Angel Ranch, in Lea County, since he was two. That was in 1925. His father, Dick Lee, was an open-range cattleman out of Midland and Seminole, Texas, who first…
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Sisterhood Is Plentiful
Why Go Now Two of New Mexico’s county seats just 19 miles apart, Portales (Roosevelt County) and Clovis (Curry County) boast pleasant temperatures in the 50s in February and mid- to high 60s as March…
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Turning Everyone On to Country
Wednesday and Friday nights, Kelly’s Bar & Grill, on bustling Prince Street, in Clovis, transforms into an old-time honky-tonk. As the dancing hour approaches, Adam, the doorman, sprinkles handfuls of…
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Home on the Range
Note: Our May 2011 article on Brown Ranch (by Tim Keller) is experiencing a surge of renewed interest, due to author Forrest Fenn's appearance on the Today Show. Fenn's book, The Thrill of the Chase…
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