Our archeological tour group congregates at the Folsom Museum (www.folsomvillage.com/folsommuseum/) in the heart of what was the old downtown. The Museum stands across from the abandoned hotel, two of the few Folsom buildings that survived the flood. The Museum is in the old Doherty Mercantile Building and has an amazing collection of local memorabilia, maps, [...]
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A Folsom Visit—Part 3, Touring the Site
Posted in New Mexico, Parks & Monuments, Western Photography, Western Travel Writing, tagged Folsom Archeological Site, Folsom NM, Hi-Lo Country on June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A Folsom Visit—Part 2, The Hi-Lo Country
Posted in Natural History, New Mexico, Western Photography, Western Travel Writing, tagged Capulin Volcano Nat. Mnt., Folsom Archeological Site, Folsom NM, Hi-Lo Country, Johnson Mesa NM, Raton NM, Sierra Grande NM on June 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Folsom site is a speck in northeastern New Mexico’s grand sweeping landscape, a mix of long black mesas, volcanic cinder cones and grassy swaths. Here Cattle is King and giant local ranches with names like the TO and the Cross L have been in families for generations. Cattle, horses, deer and pronghorn definitely outnumber [...]
A Folsom Visit—Part 1, Some Background
Posted in New Mexico, Parks & Monuments, Western Photography, Western Travel Writing, tagged Folsom Archeological Site, Folsom NM, Hi-Lo Country on June 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Just after a beautiful rain in the evening, the sun set upon a happy and prosperous little town of 800 inhabitants. The next morning, it arose in a clear sky upon a scene of destruction, death, desolation and horror.” La Epoca, Folsom NM August 31, 1908 Midnight, August 27, 1908 the Dry Cimarron River [...]
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