(Baylor Canyon NM) The Dripping Springs Natural Area is now part of Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument; along with several other sites in southern New Mexico. It features the ruins of the Van Patten Mountain Camp, the Boyd Sanatorium, and the springs. A retaining wall was built below the Dripping Springs to capture the water. […]
(Prewitt NM) Little known Casamero Pueblo was an outlying settlement of the Chaco Culture. It was fairly small, and most likely a farming community. Signs on the site explained the ruins, how they were built, and the probable lifestyle of the native inhabitants. That area was supposed to have been a flood plain; but, I’m […]
(Pecos NM) The Pecos National Historic Park preserves the site of Pecos Pueblo and the Spanish Mission there. It was built on a long narrow hill between the Pecos River and Glorietta Creek. A prime location along a traditional trail from the Great Plains to the Rio Grande Valley made it important for trading. It […]