One of Our 50 Is Missing: August 2021
Wait, There's Another Vegas? Richard Rindone found a 1984 paperback of Zane Grey’s The Shepherd of Guadaloupe (1930) in one of his Santa Fe neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries. The synopsis on the…
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Category: One Of Our 50 Is Missing
One of Our 50 Is Missing: July 2021
Illustration by Chris Philpot. There's Nothing On Anyway After moving to Truth or Consequences, Marlene Eichner tried to set up a TV antenna to get local reception using an app for an RCA product…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2021
Illustration by Chris Philpot. Missing Now, Missing Then William H. Itoh of Albuquerque recently acquired an 1895 document proving we’ve been lost for a long time. Signed by Colorado Governor Albert…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: May 2021
Illustration by Chris Philpot. Ramblin’ Railroad Blues Ann Barnett wanted to escape Staunton, Virginia, to take a ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, so she went hunting for a Chama…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2021
Illustration by Chris Philpot. We’re Just Down the Road E. Shane Scantlebury lived in New Mexico for 10 years before moving to Benson, Arizona, where he noticed something odd about the signs on…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: March 2021
Illustration by Chirs Philpot. Terminal Condition Dexter resident Robert Mierke went to the Greyhound bus terminal in Atlanta for a ticket to Roswell—the New Mexico one, not the Georgia one. The clerk…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: January/February 2021
Illustration by Chris Philpot. BUT ABOUT THOSE JACKALOPES … Mary Hunt Webb turned to online chat rooms for company during the pandemic and enjoyed getting to know people from all over the country. One…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: December 2020
Illustration by Chris Philpot For Land’s Sake Indianapolis resident Malia Storrer-Handlon (who vows that she’s merely a New Mexico resident-in-waiting) was reading the book Polaroid: The Complete…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: November 2020
Illustration by Chris Philpot. HAVE A NICE FLIGHT Mary Ellen Capek received a package from the state of New Jersey’s Department of Health that was correctly addressed to her Corrales home. But it…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: September/October 2020
Illustration by Chris Philpot Oh, No, Flo! Andy Robertson was perplexed. The Albuquerque resident received a bit of snail mail from Progressive, home of the chipper insurance spokeswoman Flo, who…
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