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Images from New Mexico - Capitan
Capitan
Backtracks: Time Travels through New Mexico by Photographs of New Mexico scenes--old and new, side-by-side. Capitan c. 1930s.
Images from New Mexico - Carlsbad & Carlsbad Caverns
Carlsbad & Carlsbad Caverns
Carlsbad and Carlsbad Caverns by Created by the visionary Charles B. Eddy, Carlsbad rose from the humble beginnings of a tent city to become a vital community on the banks of the Pecos River. One of the largest irrigation projects known at that time made the transformation possible. The Carlsbad Caverns, discovered by James Larkin White and documented by local photographer Ray V. Davis, introduced the world to the wonders that lay beneath the desert surface. World War II saw Carlsbad members of the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery units being thrown into the midst of the Bataan Death March. With the discovery of a large deposit of potash east of town, agriculture flourished nationwide and prosperity returned to the town. As the country moved into the nuclear age, Carlsbad once again played a significant role. The detonation of the Gnome Project in 1961 and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant of the present day have provided the country with vital knowledge and nuclear waste storage.
Eddy County by Eddy County's 4,198 square miles were carved from the massive land holdings of Lincoln County, then the largest county in the United States, on February 25, 1889. Early Spanish explorers and Native Americans had used the seemingly endless water supply of the Pecos River, which bisects the county, as a trail to the north. Seven Rivers, the first settlement in the Pecos Valley, battled the newly formed town of Eddy for the honor of remaining county seat. Eddy won by a vote of 331 for and 83 against. Although born in lawlessness and diversity, the county flourished as the discoveries of oil, gas, and potash brought industry to support the established fertile agricultural and cattle foundations. This volume explores the early founding families and pioneers and brings to light many of the long-forgotten towns of Dayton, Lookout, Oriental, and Globe that helped form the Eddy County of today.
Images of: Charles Bishop Eddy, Eddy County Courthouse, Eddy County's exhibit entry for the New Mexico State Fair c. 1916, Washington Ranch, Downtown Carlsbad c. 1948 & 1949, Carlsbad Caverns, oil wells, natural gas wells, potash mining, WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), Jim White, White's City, La Caverna Hotel c. 1927, Amelia Earhart in Carlsbad Caverns c. 1928, Carlsbad Municipal Beach, Downtown Carlsbad c. 1949.
Images from New Mexico - Carnuel
Carnuel
Towns of the Sandia Mountains by Historical photographs of Carnuel as well as Tijeras, San Antonio, Canoncito, Hobbies, Cedar Crest, Sandia Park, San Antonito, and Placitas.
Images from New Mexico - Carrizozo
Carrizozo
- Backtracks: Time Travels through New Mexico by Photographs of New Mexico scenes--old and new, side-by-side. 12th Street c. 1936.
Images from New Mexico - Cedar Crest
Cedar Crest
- Towns of the Sandia Mountains by Historical photographs of Cedar Crest as well as Sandia Park, Carnuel, Tijeras, San Antonio, San Antonito, Placitas, and Canoncito.
Images from New Mexico - Chamisal
Chamisal
Russell Lee's FSA Photographs of Chamisal and Penasco, New Mexico by ISBN: 9780941270243Selections from Lee's work for the Farm Security Administration's rural photography project, 1935-44.
Images from New Mexico - Chaves County
Chaves County
Chaves County by In 1889, Roswell patriarch Capt. Joseph C. Lea, Pat Garrett (the former sheriff who shot Billy the Kid), and land developer Charles B. Eddy ventured to the territorial council and house in Santa Fe to petition for the creation of two new counties from the massive Lincoln County in southeastern New Mexico. The request was granted and Chaves County officially came into being on February 25, 1889. Today, 120 years later, Chaves County still thrives with a population of more than 60,000 people and is the dairy capital of the Southwest, producing around 1.7 billion pounds of milk annually. Explored in this volume is Chaves County's earliest peoples and settlements, including Roswell, Dexter, Hagerman, Lake Arthur, and Elk. It also takes a look at long-forgotten towns such as Acme, Blackdom, Cumberland, Greenfield and even old ranching outfits and farms such as John Chisum's South Spring River headquarters, the Clifton Chisholm alfalfa farm, and many others.
Treasures of History by [1] Historic buildings in Chaves County, 1870-1935 / compiled and edited by William E. Gibbs ... [et al.] -- 2. Chaves County vignettes / by Elvis E. Fleming and Ernestine Chesser Williams -- 3. Southeast New Mexico people, places, and events / by Elvis E. Fleming and Ernestine Chesser Williams.- Forgotten Frontier : the story of southeastern New Mexico by Images of: Quanah Parker, Kit Carson, John Simpson Chisum, James J. Dolan, Lawrence G. Murphy, Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, Sallie Chisum Robert, Joseph C. Lea, Lea family, Mescalero Apache schoolchildren, John W. Poe, Sophie Poe, cowboy roundup, James J. Hagerman, Ella Lea, J. Phelps White, first train entering Roswell 1894, main street in frontier Artesia.
Images from New Mexico - Chimayo
Chimayó
Chimayó by The name "Chimayó" is derived from the Tewa Indian term Tsi Mayoh and was given to a sacred place of the Pueblo Indians located in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains between Santa Fe and Taos. Many of the Spanish colonists who settled in Chimayó after peaceful reentry to New Mexico in 1692 were descendants of those who left Castile and Extremadura. Nurtured by their faith and strengthened by the traditions and skills they brought from Spain, settlers converted a harsh environment into a fertile, green valley that provided them a livelihood for several generations. In 1810, Don Bernardo Abeyta, a prominent citizen of Chimayó, discovered a crucifix buried near a sacred well of healing earth, where he built a church. This is the site of present-day Santuario de Chimayó, also known as the "Lourdes of America." Over the centuries, the descendants of Chimayó colonists developed a unique weaving tradition that is also known throughout the world. Present-day Chimayó offers a unique glimpse into a culture that has endured for centuries.
Images from New Mexico - Chloride
Chloride
- Ghosts of Kingston, Hillsboro, N. Mex. : a pictorial documentary of the great Black Range country, ca. 1880's by Historical photographs/illustrations of Kingston Main Street c. 1880, Kingston in the 1890s, Main Street 1882, Lady Franklin Mine, Kingston Smelter, Kingston Main Street 1885, mines around Chloride, Lake Valley, Sadie Orchard, facsimiles of period newspaper articles, Las Palomas, Mogollon, Fairview/Winston, Carrizozo Ranch.
Images from New Mexico - Cimarron
Cimarron
- Backtracks: Time Travels through New Mexico by Photographs of New Mexico scenes--old and new, side-by-side. Cimarron c. 1910 & 1947, St. James Hotel c. 1915, main street c. 1930s.
Cimarron and Philmont by Situated where the High Plains meet the Rocky Mountains and where the Santa Fe Trail crosses the Cimarrón River, the village of Cimarrón has a richly varied history. Spectacular rock columns, thick seams of coal, dinosaur footprints, pit houses, and petroglyphs echo an early geologic and human presence. Spanish explorers encountered area Native American settlements in the 1700s, and by the 1820s, mountain men roamed these Rockies while eastern merchants followed Indian trails to Santa Fe. By the 1860s, Cimarrón was the headquarters of a vast Mexican land grant managed by Lucien Maxwell and Kit Carson. A gristmill supplied local soldiers and Indians, and the discovery of gold attracted thousands. The Colfax County War erupted after speculators purchased the grant in 1870. When the railroad arrived in 1906, a "New Town" was built on the north side of the river. Today, through tourism and the Philmont Scout Ranch, the Cimarrón area offers a unique window into the history and growth of the West.
Colfax County by In 1841, Carlos Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda received a grant of land from the governor of New Mexico in the northeastern part of the Mexican province. Frontier conditions prevented colonization of the grant until 1848, when Beaubien's son-in-law Lucien Maxwell led settlers from Taos to the Rayado River where it crossed the Santa Fe Trail. Maxwell's friend Kit Carson joined him the following year, and their ranch prospered in spite of frequent attacks by Jicarilla Apaches. Later, Maxwell moved north to the Cimarron River. Gold was discovered on the western part of the grant in 1866, and miners rushed to the diggings, establishing the town of Elizabethtown. It became the first seat of Colfax County in 1869. Maxwell sold the grant to foreign investors who organized the Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Company in 1870 and founded the town of Cimarron. The Santa Fe Railroad entered the county in 1879, which precipitated the creation of the towns of Raton and Springer and also fostered large-scale ranching, mining, and lumbering.
Images from New Mexico - Cloudcroft
Cloudcroft
- Ruidoso Country by Includes historical photographs of Cloudcroft and the "Cloud-Climbing Railroad" that served it, as well as photographs of the towns of Lincoln and Ruidoso and the people and places involved in the Lincoln County War.
- A Pictorial history of Otero County, New Mexico, 1995 by Images of: Cloudcroft railroad c. 1918, The Lodge at Cloudcroft, opening of the highway tunnel between Alamogordo and Cloudcroft.
- Backtracks: Time Travels through New Mexico by Photographs of New Mexico scenes--old and new, side-by-side. The Lodge at Cloudcroft, Burro Street c. 1939, Cloudcroft Lodge c. 1906, Alamogordo and Sacramento Railroad depot c. 1900.
Images from New Mexico - Colfax County
Colfax County
- Colfax County by In 1841, Carlos Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda received a grant of land from the governor of New Mexico in the northeastern part of the Mexican province. Frontier conditions prevented colonization of the grant until 1848, when Beaubien's son-in-law Lucien Maxwell led settlers from Taos to the Rayado River where it crossed the Santa Fe Trail. Maxwell's friend Kit Carson joined him the following year, and their ranch prospered in spite of frequent attacks by Jicarilla Apaches. Later, Maxwell moved north to the Cimarron River. Gold was discovered on the western part of the grant in 1866, and miners rushed to the diggings, establishing the town of Elizabethtown. It became the first seat of Colfax County in 1869. Maxwell sold the grant to foreign investors who organized the Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Company in 1870 and founded the town of Cimarron. The Santa Fe Railroad entered the county in 1879, which precipitated the creation of the towns of Raton and Springer and also fostered large-scale ranching, mining, and lumbering.
- New Mexicans in Cameo and Camera: New Deal documentation of twentieth-century lives by Historical photographs of Morena Valley, Colfax County, 1939-1943; Cimarron.
Images from New Mexico - Cordova
Cordova
- Backtracks: Time Travels through New Mexico by Photographs of New Mexico scenes--old and new, side-by-side. Main Street c. 1940s.
Images from New Mexico - Corrales
Corrales
Corrales by Nestled in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico, Corrales received its name from the corrals used by settlers on the 1710 Alameda land grant. Descendants of the grant holder, Juan Gonzales Bas, and others settled there and weathered frontier hardships and challenges: a small pox epidemic, floods, Native American raids, the loss of an old church and the building of a new one, and the never-ending demands of agricultural survival. Corrales became known for its vineyards and wines after French and Italian farmers put down roots at the end of the 19th century. After World War II, this isolated, bucolic village was discovered by Albuquerque's burgeoning population. Prominent among the newcomers were professionals and artists seeking inexpensive land in a beautiful setting. Corrales then became an artistic and free-thinking community. It remains a verdant, lively, and semirural suburban oasis sandwiched between Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, and Rio Rancho, the state's fastest-growing city.
Images from New Mexico - Cubero
Cubero
New Mexico Route 66 on Tour: Legendary Architecture from Glenrio to Gallup by This travel narrative goes beyond the roadside neon, using architecture as a means to explore the cultural and historical context of Route 66 in New Mexico.
Historical photographs of Cubero c. 1900, Villa de Cubero Trading Post c. 1992.
