Hillsboro’s Historic Cafe Looks Ahead
THE HILLSBORO GENERAL Store Cafe has been many things in its 147 years: a dry goods store; a bank; a drugstore; a relief center during the Great Depression, when handwritten ledgers of what the town…
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Totah Theater Shines Again
AT DOWNTOWN FARMINGTON’S historic Totah Theater, an unexpected feature greets moviegoers: small wooden tables tucked between the last four rows of seats. Opened in 1949 by the Allen Theatres chain…
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23 Must-Visit Saloons and Roadhouses in New Mexico
BYRON T’S SALOON Las Vegas Named for Byron T. Mills, the former owner of the Plaza Hotel and one-time Las Vegas mayor, this saloon is a chameleon of a place. “Las Vegas has always been a melting…
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New Mexico’s Lost Watering Holes
Thornton-Curry Saloon. George Curry, a former Rough Rider and governor of New Mexico Territory, briefly operated a Lincoln saloon with cattleman J.Y. Thornton. Built around 1887, the adobe building…
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Revival Las Vegas
WHEN LAWRENCE QUINTANA WAS A SENIOR at West Las Vegas High School, the class of 1977 was allowed to roam the nearby Las Vegas Plaza during lunch. But a sandwich—or even a bit of window shopping—could…
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