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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.

Van Pelt Library F794.3 .N49 1989
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of New Mexico.
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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