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Doc Campbell — a Gila Wilderness pioneer

by ReneeDespres January 8, 2003 People

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In 1930, a 17 year-old boy arrived in Southern New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness, seeking adventure – and relief from sinus problems. Dawson (”Doc”) Campbell would soon become one of the most influential men in Southern New Mexico. He would become a trapper, ranch hand, custodian of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National [...]

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Photographer Bruce Gaucher — speaking to the soul

by PhyllisEileenBanks January 1, 2003 People

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Sometimes extraordinary effects or circumstances spring from ordinary events. Such has been the case with Roswell photographer Bruce Gaucher, who gave his wife a camera he wanted for Christmas about five years ago. He had no idea that act would lead to his becoming a landscape/nature photographer who would inspire awe with [...]

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Nature writing

by SusanTweit January 1, 2003 People

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People often ask me why I am a nature writer. After much thought, I know what to say: The stories of our wild relatives – the plants, the animals, the desert itself – are the most important stories that I know.

Like any landscape, the Chihuahuan Desert abounds with lives, with wild neighbors [...]

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Author Hal Banks – searcher, teacher, heretic

by AnnLee January 1, 2003 People

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When you’re a heretic you set about teaching others to be heretics also. That’s the story behind the two books written by Hal Banks. His first, Introduction to Psychic Studies (now out of print), was not at all what the rank and file would expect a Presbyterian (USA) Minister to write. [...]

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Victorio and the Reservation System — a prescription for disaster

by burchd December 21, 2002 People

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Victorio, Warm Springs Apache Chief, 1825(?)-1880

 

In the years immediately before the outbreak of the Civil War, the Board of Indian Commissioners in Washington, D.C. had discussed a policy of removal and concentration for the Southern Apaches of New Mexico and Arizona Territories. Simply put, the policy called for [...]

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German POW

by PhyllisEileenBanks January 2, 2002 People

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German POW
by Phyllis Eileen Banks
Coincidences many times show us how connected our world really is. For example, “Ask Us” is a feature of Southern New Mexico Online to answer questions people have about New Mexico. Recently, an artist from Corrales, NM, sent an email of his experience in an art gallery in Kassel, [...]

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