Baylor Canyon Road stretches north to south, bordering the Organ Mountains. Popular in the spring as a way to access the poppies in bloom, the road is also a scenic way to get from one side of town to another. The views offer an up-close look at the towering Organ Mountains, as well as the entire…
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New Mexico Highway 28 travels from Mesilla, NM to north El Paso, TX. Running alongside the Rio Grande, the drive is one of the more widely-known, traveled highways in the area. It's popularity is due in large part to the Stahmann Farms pecan orchards. The trees have grown over the roadway, making…
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By Troy M. Ainsworth, Historic Preservation Specialist for the City of Las Cruces and Lorena Sanchez Please note: The women below are listed in no particular order. If you’d like to submit an image of one of these amazing women to include in the post, email losanchez@las-cruces.org 1. Doña Ana…
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Hiking is a year-round activity in southern New Mexico. During the winter months temperatures dip just enough to offer relief to hikers looking to take on some of the area’s open trails. 1. Prehistoric Trackways National Monument https://www.instagram.com/p/BvheJO7nG7T/ Established in 2009…
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Go to any Las Crucen’s holiday festivities and you’ll find one of more of the following: tamales, champurrado and biscochos; and for those making these New Mexico staples, it’s a very personal process. The tamale maker, Maria Elena Salinas. The tamale maker Although you can typically find…
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LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, MAY 10, 2019 “Let the future begin!” said Sir Richard Branson this morning as he announced that Virgin Galactic would be moving its California operations to Spaceport America near Las Cruces over the coming summer, in preparation for initiating the world’s first commercial…
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The Second Spaceflight & The First Passenger A second successful test flight by Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity has just made it back to Earth after having touched space at an altitude of 55.87 miles this morning. Not only was the spaceship manned by two astronauts, but it also transported the company's…
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This morning’s successful test flight by Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity, touching space for the first time at an altitude of 51.4 miles, is a significant milestone, bringing suborbital flights from nearby Spaceport America a major step closer, commented Jennifer Bales, Executive Director of Visit Las…
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Chloride Chloride, NM has all the main parts of a western novel: silver strike, population boom, Apache raids, salvation by the militia, cattle versus sheep, tar and feathering, even bear attacks. In 1879, an Englishman named Harry Pye was delivering freight for the U.S. Army from Hillsboro to…
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