Spring trip to New Mexico?
Hi all! My wife an I bought a 29 foot Durango 5'er this past summer (woo hoo!)and are thinking about a trip to New Mexico this coming spring. Neither of us have been to New Mexico before so we ar...
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agesilaus wrote:
Well Turret Driver, eastern NM was known as the "Journey of the Dead Man" Jornada del Muerto, wasn't it back in the 1800's
No The Jornada is in the middle of the state. The Jornada is from Las Cruces up toward Socorro, east of the Rio Grande and west of the Oscura and San Andreas mountains. Socorro means relief, help, or succor because that is where the Jornada ended. Wiki link
As a matter of fact the eastern part of the state was open to homesteaders (my grandfather in 1900 for one) and was/is cattle and farm country. Today there are oil and gas wells in the south east and vast grass lands (Rita Blanca and Cibola Nat Grasslands are worth a visit) in the north east.
