(Radium Springs NM) Visited Fort Selden State Monument which was built near the Rio Grande in 1865. It’s primary mission was to protect settlers from hostile Mescalero Apaches. Troops also escorted wagons going to Las Cruces to the south, and to Deming further west. Positioned along the Camino Real trade route, it also served as […]
(La Luz NM) North of Alamogordo, I stopped at the Eagle Ranch Pistachio Groves for a tour. Heart of the Desert is the largest and oldest one in New Mexico. They have 85 acres with 12,000 trees, and also a vineyard of 24,000 vines with 7 grape varieties. Their products of nuts, cookies, candy, popcorn, […]
(Chloride NM) A former silver mining town, Chloride once had about 3,000 residents. But today, there are only 11 living there. Most of the town has been bought up by one family. They’ve done a nice job restoring many of the original buildings; and now, much of the town is like a museum. The Pioneer […]