Download or read book A History of Highway 60 written by Dixie Boyle and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1903 the AT&SF Railroad began laying track on the Belen Cutoff from Belen, New Mexico to Amarillo, Texas. The railroad company encouraged settlement of New Mexico’s eastern plains by sponsoring emigrant trains, a quicker method of transport for settlers moving their belongings and livestock across the country. Towns were founded along the route with the arrival of the railroad. Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner. Taiban’s Pink Pony Saloon & Dancehall publicized cock fighting and had a live snake den in the basement. Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart stopped at Portair Field in Clovis while flying across the country in the 1920s. Did you know Mountainair was the Pinto Bean Capital of the World, Negra has one of the last vintage gas stations in the state, Butch Cassidy and his gang trailed cattle to the railhead in Magdalena, and Montague Stevens was one of the last hunters to stalk grizzly bears? This book will give you answers to these questions as well as a glimpse into the history of this fascinating part of New Mexico, “The Land of Enchantment.”
Download or read book Highway 60 the Belen Cutoff written by Dixie Boyle and published by . This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Coast-to-Coast or Ocean-to-Ocean Highway The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad began construction on the railroad route that became known as the Belen Cutoff shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. Towns quickly came to life beside the tracks. One town named Sunnyside later changed to Fort Sumner was created when the Eastern Railway was completed in March of 1906. In 1910 the National Highway Association laid out an auto route across the nation from coast to coast. A. L. Westgard was hired to make a trip in search of the best route. New Mexico's section of Highway 60 crosses the middle of the state between Texico and Quemado. By 1918 Highway 60 emerged from a wagon road to a primitive truck road. The highway follows the route of the Belen Cutoff from Abo Pass to the Texas border. The western half of the route runs between Socorro and the Arizona state line. The last section of the route to be paved was between Quemado and the Arizona border in the late 1940s.
Download or read book Detour New Mexico written by Arthur Pike and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mexico's rich and varied history is easily accessible via detours down obscure backroads and overlooked off-ramps. By taking the road less traveled in any direction, visitors can experience ancient landmarks, cultural heritage sites and striking vistas. Stop at places along the old Route 66, sample the world's best chiles by the Rio Grande or soak in geothermal water flowing under Truth or Consequences. Ancient dwellings in remote canyons, the town where the first atomic bomb was secretly assembled and the grave of Billy the Kid all lie off the beaten path in the Land of Enchantment. Authors Arthur and David Pike map out these and many more worthwhile points of interest for the curious traveler.
Download or read book A Brief History of Railroad Towns Along the Belen Cutoff written by Dixie Boyle and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Roadside New Mexico written by David Pike and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded edition of Roadside New Mexico provides additional information about these sites and includes approximately one hundred new markers, sixty-five of which document the contribution of women to the history of New Mexico.
Download or read book Railroad Depots Harvey Houses on the Belen Nm Cutoff written by Dixie Boyle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a 24 page pamphlet on the history of Railroad Depots and Harvey Houses on the Belen, New Mexico Cutoff Railroad Route. Most of the depots are gone now and one of the Harvey Houses but the history of the area still remains. There were 28 locations along the route serving as depots, water stops and more. Most of the depots were closed in the 1960s causing a decline in the communities where they were located.
Download or read book New Mexico Ghost Towns written by Donna Blake Birchell and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Promises of riches from gold, silver, copper and zinc ores attracted thousands of treasure seekers to the Land of Enchantment. Boomtowns blossomed across the rugged wilderness until the trifecta of the Silver Panic of 1893, World War I and the Great Depression collapsed the economy. Explore the vacant relics of once vibrant communities. Some are well preserved and others are but a whisper of their former selves, but all have a story to tell. From the lessons still scrawled across the chalkboards of the abandoned Cedarvale School to the forgotten talismans of the Turquoise Trail, accompany author Donna Blake Birchell on her trek through the ghost towns of New Mexico.
Download or read book History of Encino New Mexico written by Dixie Boyle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a 24 page pamphlet telling the history of Encino, New Mexico a railroad town established along the Belen Cutoff Route shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. From its founding until the 1950s, Encino was a bustling farming, ranching and railroad community on the edge of the New Mexico's eastern plains.
Download or read book The Desert States written by Michael Schelling Durham and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1990 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exquisitely illustrated (color photos, chiefly) guide to Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The best photos are of geological phenomena; but, since this is a guide to historic America, the text describes human interaction. Gives the desert area the "once- over-lightly" and lacks a bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book New Mexico written by Lance Chilton and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses New Mexico's history, climate, geography, people, economy, education, religion, arts, and literature, and describes eighteen tours through each section of the state
Download or read book Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Conference written by New Mexico Geological Society and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Mexico Cultural Resources Directory written by New Mexico. Office of Cultural Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book It Happened in Vaughn written by Daniel Flores and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vaughn is a present-day community located in southwestern Guadalupe county at the junction of three highways, US 54, 60 and 285. It is also located at the junction point of two railroads, the AT & SF, popularly known as the Santa Fe, and the Southern Pacific. The area was originally a site on the Stinson cattle trail from Texas to the Estancia Valley. The Stinson cattle trail was pioneered by Jim Stinson in 1882. In 1901 the El Paso &Rock Island began building a railroad through the area and the community of what eventually became Vaughn was born. The El Paso & Rock Island referred to the community as Tony and early railroad maps show Tony located where Vaughn eventually came into existence. The community was named Vaughn for Major G. W. Vaughn, a civil engineer for the AT & SF railroad. The Santa Fe railroad began building its Belen Cut Off through the area after the El Paso & Rock Island had established itself in the area. The Belen Cut Off was a railroad route that the Santa Fe hoped would be more attractive to passengers and companies shipping freight to the West. The route would avoid the mountains of northern New Mexico that the Santa Fe had to deal with when it entered the territory through Raton Pass in 1879. The Belen cut off entered Vaughn from the west in 1905 and from the east in 1907. The Santa Fe railroad decided to build its railroad facilities, a railroad depot, its reading room, and the eating house, the Harvey House, about a mile east of the community that came into existence with the coming of the El Paso & Rock Island. Because of that decision, East Vaughn was born. East Vaughn was essentially an AT & SF community and Vaughn was an El Paso & Rock Island community. The two communities eventually merged into one incorporated town, Vaughn, in 1920, and elected a mayor and had a town council. Each had its own post office. Before the merger, there were two mayors and two governing councils. They also consolidated their schools and built a new school between the two former communities. It Happened in Vaughn is a collection of assorted stories gathered from several sources. Most of the vignettes are from old newspaper articles about Vaughn and the surrounding area. Many of the vignettes are illustrated with period pictures to help provide a visual account of Vaughn rich and colorful past.
Download or read book The Train Stops Here written by Marci L. Riskin and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vast expanse of territorial New Mexico, railroads had a striking impact. Many cities, among them Carlsbad, Raton, Clovis, and Gallup, were founded as railroad stops. Architect Marci Riskin explores the history of railroad depots and other structures--everything but the trains themselves--that make up New Mexico's railway legacy. To begin the examination, Riskin includes a brief history of railroad development in New Mexico, a description of the architectural features of the state's railroad buildings, and an overview of how railroads work. This background will help answer questions that may arise on a visit to a rail-yard: What is that strangely shaped train car carrying? How is that twisted piece of metal used? Why are the bricks on the platform stamped with the single word Coffeyville? The bulk of the book is an account of what is left of the state's railroad heritage, organized geographically within each rail system: the Santa Fe system from Raton to Silver City, the Denver & Rio Grande, the Colorado & Southern, the Southern Pacific, and the El Paso and Northeastern, among others.
Download or read book Between Land Sky written by Dixie Boyle and published by . This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As I sit on my mountaintop,And watch the lightning zing and popDown on a canyon or hillThe clouds looking like an anvilIm looking here, there, everywhereElectricitys in the air.
Download or read book Railroad Age Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
