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Deming — a fast growing rest stop

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The Luna County Courthouse in Deming, New Mexico

Red-brick monuments to Deming’s past as a turn-of-the-century western outpost still stand sentinel in the downtown area. These sturdy buildings figure as prominently into business, life and politics now as they did in their heyday. By enduring two world wars and major changes in [...]

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Deming — snowbird heaven

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Deming, NM. Photo by Carla DeMarco.

Thirty miles north of the Mexican border, set against the backdrop of the Florida Mountains, rests Deming, New Mexico, an Old West outlaw and railroad town known for its pure water, prime rock-hounding and annual duck race.
Once a stage stop along the Butterfield [...]

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St. Luke’s in Deming — The House of Cards and the Unlone Stranger

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St. Luke’s Church

 

“House of cards” has a whole ‘nother meaning when it comes to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Deming , New Mexico. According to legend, in 1892, the original structure of this frontier church was financed by $40,000 of winnings from a poker game with Doc Holliday in attendance and [...]

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