Who Would Have Thought? Everyone has heard of avalanches and how dangerous they are. Avalanche disasters have taken place in the Alps and other very high mountain chains for centuries. Several years ago when I first read about a catastrophic event that occurred in 1910, I was quite surprised that such an avalanche disaster could …
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New Mexico Missions / Mission Chapel of Our Lady of Light
Old New Mexico Missions chronicle the history of the region. They tell about the history of the region in many ways. Mission Chapel of Our Lady of Light was built in Lamy New Mexico in 1926. Lamy, located about 15 miles southeast of Santa Fe was in an active area of New Mexico Territory when …
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Passenger Railroads / The Rocket Trains
Anyone who has read about passenger rail service in the United States during the first half of the 1900’s knows that it was a very competitive business. Passenger railroads serviced towns and cities of all sizes. If you lived in a small town in the 1920’s or 1930’s there was a very good chance you …