Highway 14 Descansos South of Madrid

Church at Golden

Stephen on Father's Day

Acosta Descanso

This is a descanso on Highway 14. I took a picture of it in 2007 and 2008. This is a descanso someone cares for a lot. I think the blue cross (you can see it from the side) was added a couple of weeks ago. The memorial was falling down and someone fixed it up around Christmastime last year. You can see some changes by following this link.

Rueter Descanso

This is the Rueter descanso at Highway 14 and Turquoise Trail Elementary School. Someone fixes it up about once a year. Here is a link to an image from March 2008.

The Antelope Play

These are pictures of an antelope mom and her baby. This is part of the small break-away herd of antelope that is roaming our neighborhood this year. These were taken from our backyard.

Antelope

Several antelope have made their way into our neighborhood this spring. These were taken from our yard a couple of weeks ago. The antelope is eating the flowers on a yucca. It was aware that we were nearby, but it wasn't too afraid.

Working at the Circulation Desk

The Gates

A couple of weeks ago Jim and Joel finished The Great Gate Project (a project that started with the backyard gate last year).




The front gate ready to be hung.



Mission accomplished!


Flowers growing at the back gate.

Bosque Redondo in Fort Sumner

The Bosque Redondo where the Mescalero Apaches and Navajo were forced to live following the Long Walk, is now a state monument. Below is the visitors center. There is a small museum. Outside you walk along a trail with a speaker device that explains the events of the Long Walk. The exhibit includes a reconstructed version of Fort Sumner.


Along with the many historic things that have happened in this small area, Billy the Kid was also shot and killed here. He left Lincoln and fled to the Maxwell house that was on this property. He was shot by Pat Garrett at the back of the house. This marker marks the place where it is believed he was killed.

Scenes from Lincoln 2009

The Ellis Store.




The well behind the Doctor's House.


The outhouse behind the Doctor's house.


Joel looking out over the bridge at deer.

The Wortley.


Sitting on the porch at the Wortley with Rascal.



Cathy and Vic are now offering dinner at the Wortley on weekends for non-hotel guests. It is no exaggeration to say it was the best meal I have ever had. Just amazing!


The Lincoln Post Office.


The entrance to the Lincoln Cemetery.

Quari

Quari was my favorite site to visit. When you walk into the ruin, you really get a feel for what the church was like. The site also has beautiful gardens and springs as part of the walk.

Abo

Abo was abandon during the drought period, but was quickly re-inhabited by Spanish and Mexican immigrants.  There is an old farm that is still occupied right below this site.

Gran Quivera

I haven't visited the Salinas Monuments in about 15 years.  Each site has a visitors center, now.  Most of the sites have not been fully excavated, so the stories about what happened in these communities are largely based on the Spanish record.  The Franciscans came to convert the pueblo people to Catholicism.  Soon after the Spanish arrival - the pueblo people built churches and were forced to cover their traditional kivas.  The churches at the sites were either never used or were used for very few years.  Drought and starvation soon followed the Franciscans.  The Pueblo people were forced to sell their back store of corn that they had always relied upon during drought years.  When the drought years began, hundreds of people died and these pueblos were abandoned.

San Vicente de Paul - on the Manzano Land Grant