One of Our 50 Is Missing: November 2025
SHIPPING HITCHED Two weeks before her daughter’s wedding, JANE DARLAND ordered a pair of shoes from a Houston-based retailer to wear at the celebration. She received confirmation they would ship DHL…
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Tag: New Mexico
One of Our 50 Is Missing: October 2025
YOU’RE OUT! This summer, GARY BENN tried to buy a beer at a Los Angeles Angels baseball game. After presenting his New Mexico driver’s license, the concessions cashier asked: “Do you have a passport…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: September 2025
WHAT A HOOT! In June, the trail camera at MICHÈLE SCHWAPPACH ’s San Pedro home captured four owls at a water station. To determine what type they were, Schwappach visited the New Mexico section at the…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: August 2025
SNOW WAY! When he resided in Florida, Albuquerque’s BARRY WHITLEY promised a snow-filled Christmas vacation in northern New Mexico to his young daughters. Just before winter break, he picked up his…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: July 2025
HOLD YOUR HORSES Recently, KIRK GULLEDGE of Fort Myers, Florida, was looking for information about the Pony Express—the 19th-century quadrupedal method for delivering mail in the West. The web search…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: June 2025
FOUL BALL Back in 1980, the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team had an academic and gambling scandal that became a national story. “I can remember coach Norm Ellenberger telling Mike…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: May 2025
ET TU, FARMINGTON? MICHAEL PADILLA says he could write a book about his “One of Our 50” experiences. A recent entry includes his payment being denied at an AutoZone in Farmington. “I tried to pay with…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: April 2025
BANANA BRAIN When PATRICK ERCOLINO ’s grandmother passed away, he took his two young sons to a Banana Republic in New Jersey to buy suits for the funeral. To receive 50 percent off, he applied for a…
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Golden Eye
WHEN ELIZABETH GARRETT, the daughter of famed sheriff Pat Garrett, composed what would in 1917 become New Mexico’s official song, she captured the natural essence of the state—stunning blue skies…
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One of Our 50 Is Missing: March 2025
COOKIE CRUMBLED In December, New York Times food columnist LISA DONOVAN created a stir with her bizcochitos recipe. The writer discovered our state cookie at a gas station “somewhere in New Mexico”…
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