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Otero County

Cloudcroft — cloud in a field

by PhyllisEileenBanks December 29, 2002 Cloudcroft

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Cloudcroft is a lush mountain villiage Photo by Phyllis Eileen Banks

Cloudcroft, at an elevation of 8,650 feet, population 750, draws its name from its height: It is one of the highest towns in New Mexico. In 1899 Charles B. Eddy built a branch line of the [...]

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Newman, Orogrande and Valmont — isolated outposts

by PhyllisEileenBanks December 29, 2002 Otero County

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Isolated landscape between Valmont and Orogrande. Photo by Phyllis Eileen Banks

Prior to 1922, if you entered New Mexico via US 54 from El Paso (if that road existed then),  Newman was the first outpost, located on the New Mexico/Texas state line. It was a railroad stop and [...]

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Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site — 21,000 Carvings

by JimReed December 21, 2002 Otero County

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Rocks at Three River Petroglyphs.  Photo by the Author.

 

If you arrive at Three Rivers Petroglyphs Site on a Friday, Saturday or Monday, you will be greeted by Bureau of Land Management volunteer Mr. Daniel Potter of Tularosa, New Mexico. Potter, several times retired from the normal working world and [...]

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Round Mountain Visions — The Spell of Tularosa and Mescalero

by DarSharp December 21, 2002 Otero County

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The view from Round Mountain, facing west across White Sands to the San Andreas Mountains. Photo by the Author.

 

On a warm January day I climbed Round Mountain to see what I could see. The cone shaped peak was 1000 feet above the 4500 foot [...]

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Alamogordo — city of the "fat cottonwood"

by PhyllisEileenBanks November 26, 2001 Alamogordo

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A father watches while his son rolls down a sand dune at White Sands National Monument. Photo by Carla DeMarco.

Alamogordo had its official beginning in June, 1898, when the El Paso and Northwestern Railroad, owned by Charles B. Eddy, reached the town. Mr. [...]

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