Shop Handmade Goods at Pinto
BEFORE OPENING PINTO, ceramist Jessica Wertz and woodworker Jason Wittman had strangers knocking on their Hillsboro studio doors regularly. Residents of the tiny town 30 minutes west of Truth or…
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Tag: Southern New Mexico
Las Cruces Farmers' Market Grows Community
EARLY ON A SPRING SATURDAY, mourning doves coo and the air smells like roasting coffee as the Farmers’ and Crafts Market of Las Cruces begins to hum under the sunshine. Spanning seven blocks of the…
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Inside the Wingfield House Museum
THE SOUND OF the Wingfield Heritage House Museum screen door slamming shut on a sunny March morning delights Susan Lutterman. It sounds just like the original, she says, and evokes memories of her…
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Lost Oasis in the Organ Mountains
TUCKED INTO THE rugged folds of the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, crumbling stone walls mark the ghostly remnants of the Van Patten Mountain Camp—once an oasis where visitors escaped the desert…
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The Deming Triangles Explained
ABOUT 20 MILES southeast of Deming, the desert floor opens into a shallow, rock-lined crater, bordered by six concrete lines and a pair of triangular slabs. A nearby marker suggests an otherworldly…
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Local Legends of Southern New Mexico
THE CATTLE QUEEN OF NEW MEXICO After losing her lawyer husband, Alexander McSween, during the bloody Lincoln County War, Susan McSween (1845–1931) didn’t just survive—she thrived. Nicknamed the Cattle…
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Slow Down in Cloudcroft
AS I WALK INTO High Rollin’ Coffee, in Cloudcroft, a sticker on the register greets me like a gentle nudge to the hippocampus: “On Mountain Time.” I peruse the menu board of grain bowls, toasts…
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Taste the Heat in Hatch
DRIVING INTO HATCH smells like I remembered. Smoky and sweet, hot and earthy, roasting green chile in the air. Dropping down into the valley from the north in late July, I find the fields are tidy and…
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Joshua Wheeler’s Cosmic New Novel
JOSHUA WHEELER HAD HEARD THE STORY—many times—about the cult in La Luz. His family owned White Sands Ranch in nearby Alamogordo, and his aunt and uncle ran a church on the property that became a…
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Hatch Is for Chile Lovers
OUTSIDE THE PEPPER POT RESTAURANT, Hatch resident Rodrigo Varela is chatting with friends and family when a fire engine’s siren interrupts them. As the vehicle turns onto West Hall Street, Varela…
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