Pope's Crossing
Crossing site was 4.9 miles northeast, in Loving County. Now under Red Bluff Lake. (1964)
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Everything Malaga is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Malaga.
Crossing site was 4.9 miles northeast, in Loving County. Now under Red Bluff Lake. (1964)
Nuclear waste buried 2150 feet deep in 250-million-year-old salt. Warning signs designed to last 10000 years.
Town renamed from Eddy to Carlsbad in 1899 to market its mineral springs like the Bohemian spa.
Ripley's 'river that crosses itself' — an 1890 aqueduct carries the Pecos over the Pecos.
248 million tons of potash mined since 1925 — once over half of all U.S. production.
Sandy beaches and five miles of riverwalk on the dammed Pecos River in the heart of the desert.
Oldest municipal museum in New Mexico (1931) with Taos Ten paintings and Pueblo artifacts.
The only U.S. zoo dedicated to the Chihuahuan Desert perched on a ridge above the Pecos Valley.
10 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
248 million tons of potash mined since 1925 — once over half of all U.S. production.
Sandy beaches and five miles of riverwalk on the dammed Pecos River in the heart of the desert.
Oldest municipal museum in New Mexico (1931) with Taos Ten paintings and Pueblo artifacts.
Town renamed from Eddy to Carlsbad in 1899 to market its mineral springs like the Bohemian spa.
Carlsbad, nestled in the southeastern New Mexico desert, owes its origins to a blend of cultures adapting to a harsh but beautiful landscape. The town’s name, borrowed from the Bohemian spa Karlsbad, hints at the early…
Ripley's 'river that crosses itself' — an 1890 aqueduct carries the Pecos over the Pecos.
Nuclear waste buried 2150 feet deep in 250-million-year-old salt. Warning signs designed to last 10000 years.
Crossing site was 4.9 miles northeast, in Loving County. Now under Red Bluff Lake. (1964)
The only U.S. zoo dedicated to the Chihuahuan Desert perched on a ridge above the Pecos Valley.
Eddy County, nestled in the Chihuahuan Desert of Southern New Mexico, carries a history etched in its arid landscape. Originally home to indigenous peoples, the arrival of European settlers in the 19th century marked a…