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The WPA guide to 1930s New Mexico / compiled by the workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Mexico ; foreword by Marc Simmons.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- New Mexico, a guide to the colorful state.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Mexico--Description and travel--Guidebooks.
- New Mexico.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xxxvii, 458 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [1989]
- Summary:
- The WPA Guide to 1930s New Mexico leads the modern traveler along eighteen fascinating road trips and offers an unimpeachable reference for comparing what is with what once was Enhanced by the outstanding photography of Laura Gilpin and Ernest Knee, it captures the spirit of a place and time that still lingers in the "Land of Enchantment."
- Contents:
- General Information xix
- Calendar of Annual Events xxvii
- Part I. Before and After Coronado
- The State Today 3
- The Land 9
- Archeology 35
- Indians 43
- History 60
- Agriculture and Stock Raising 82
- Industry, Commerce, and Labor 87
- Transportation 93
- Folklore 98
- Contributions to the Language 107
- Religion 120
- Education 126
- Literature 130
- Music 141
- Architecture 148
- New Mexican Art 156
- Part II. A City, a Capital, and an Art Center
- Albuquerque 173
- Santa FE 187
- Taos 212
- Part III. The Most Accessible Places
- Tour 1 (Trinidad, Colo.)
- Raton
- Santa Fe
- Socorro
- Anthony
- (El Paso, Tex.) [US 85
- US 80] 227
- Section a. Colorado Line to Santa Fe 227
- Section b. Santa Fe to Socorro 242
- Section c. Socorro to Texas Line 253
- Tour 1A Caballo
- Hillsboro
- Santa Rita
- Junction US 260 NM 180 261
- Tour 2 (Kenton, Okla.)
- Valley
- Folsom
- Cimarron
- Taos [US 64
- NM 72
- US 64] 265
- Section a. Oklahoma Line to Raton 266
- Section b. Raton to Taos 270
- Tour 2A Pojoaque
- Otowi
- Los Alamos
- Cuba [NM 4-126] 276
- Tour 3 (San Luis, Colo.)
- Costilla
- Taos
- Galisteo
- Moriarty
- Willard
- Corona [NM 3
- US 64
- US 85
- NM 41
- US 60
- NM 42] 283
- Section a. Colorado Line to Santa Fe 284
- Section b. Santa Fe to Corona 292
- Tour 3A Junction with US 64
- Santa Cruz
- Chimayo
- Truchas [Truchas Road] 294
- Tour 4 (Texline, Tex.)
- Clayton
- Des Moines
- [US 87] 300
- Tour 5 (Antonito, Colo.)
- Palmilla
- Taos Junction
- Espanola [NM 74] 305
- Tour 6 (Amarillo, Tex.)
- Glenrio
- Tucumcari
- Santa Rosa
- Albuquerque
- Gallup
- (Holbrook, Ariz.) [US 66] 309
- Section a. Texas Line to Albuquerque 309
- Section b. Albuquerque to Arizona Line 316
- Tour 6A Junction US 66
- Acoma Pueblo [NM 23] 328
- Tour 6B Junction US 66
- Chaco Canyon National Monument [NM 164] 333
- Tour 6C Gallup
- Shiprock [US 666] 337
- Tour 7 (Alamosa, Colo.)
- Chama
- Espanola
- Vaughn
- Roswell
- Carlsbad
- (Pecos, Tex.) [US 285] 342
- Section a. Colorado Line to Espanola 342
- Section b. Santa Fe to Texas Line 346
- Tour 7A Espanola
- Santa Clara Pueblo
- Puye Cliff Ruins [NM 5] 351
- Tour 8 (Amarillo, Tex.)
- Fort Sumner
- Bernardo
- Socorro
- Magdalena
- Quemado
- (Springerville, Ariz.) [US 60-US 85] 354
- Section a. Texas Line to Socorro 355
- Section b. Socorro to Arizona Line 358
- Tour 9 (Cortez, Colo.)
- Shiprock
- Aztec
- Cuba
- Bernalillo [US 84-NM 44] 362
- Tour 10 Clovis
- Roswell
- Hondo
- Alamogordo
- Las Cruces
- Lordsburg
- (Duncan, Ariz.) [US 70] 369
- Section a. Clovis to Alamogordo 369
- Section b. Alamogordo to Arizona Line 373
- Tour 11 Ranchos de Taos
- Mora
- Junction US 85 [NM 3] 376
- Tour 12 (Brownfield, Tex.)
- Tatum
- Hondo
- Carrizozo
- San Antonio [US 380] 380
- Section a. Texas Line to Hondo 380
- Section b. Hondo to San Antonio 382
- Tour 13 (Dalhart, Tex.)
- Santa Rosa
- Alamogordo
- Newman [US 54] 386
- Tour 14 (Seminole, Tex.)
- Lovington
- Artesia
- La Luz
- Junction US 54 [NM 34-83] 391
- Tour 15 Junction US 85
- Madrid
- Tijeras
- Mountainair
- Junction US 54 [NM 10-NM 15] 395
- Tour 16 (Seminole, Tex.)
- Hobbs
- (Van Horn, Tex.) [NM 83-US 62] 400
- Tour 16A Carlsbad-Carlsbad Caverns National Park [US 62-285] 405
- Tour 17 (Narrow-gauge railroad from Antonito, Colo.)
- Taos Junction
- Santa Fe 412
- Tour 18 Deming
- Hurley
- Silver City
- Glenwood
- (Springerville, Ariz.)
- [US 260] 415.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: New Mexico, a guide to the colorful state. New York : Hastings House, 1940. (American guide series)
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0816511020
- OCLC:
- 18560939
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