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by Doug Gelbert (Author)
America turns 250.
Let's go find the candles.
Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com, the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story.
We've wandered through big cities, tiny towns, muddy trails, and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5,000 historic gems along the way.
The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive, sometimes weird, and always waiting to be rediscovered.
Whether you're traveling by road, by printed page, or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week, we invite you to explore 100 New Mexico landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Land of Enchantment.
Roadside architecture... iconic art... Ernie Pyle... historic stages... Ben
Hur... Carnegie libraries... The Mother Road... boomtowns... Pancho
Villa... iron horses... Buffalo Soldiers... five and dimes... Harvey Hous-
es... early aviation... Henry Trost... Confederate dreams... the atomic
bomb... chiles... water... the golden age of motoring... the Civilian
Conservation Corps... Billy the Kid... quarter horses... This book will
have you telling stories like a native in no time.
The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn
the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that
make New Mexico uniquely New Mexico. How did Chaves County end
up with the state's best Beaux Arts building? Solved. Where to find
the largest collection of National Park Service "parkitecture"? Mys-
tery solved. The building that received the most government money
during the Great Depression? Identified. America's only school built as
a bomb shelter? Revealed.
It is a story only New Mexico can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, fire up the GPS and see the story of the Land of Enchantment standing in plain sight on New Mexico streets!
