An easy, breezy three-pack of history museums up Ratón way.
Author: Tim Keller
Bringin’ It All Back Home
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Michael Hearne’s Taos barn dance festival is a roundup of friends, family, and Southwestern Americana at its finest.
On With the Show
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As Ratón’s Shuler Theater celebrates its centennial, its beloved impresario Bill Fegan takes time to reminisce—and sell some tickets.
Nine Nights a Week
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Red River's remarkably vibrant music scene seldom sleeps in summer.
Flight of the Phoenix
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Ratón proves that you can’t keep a good balloon rally down.
Painting the Town
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Murals enliven the remote ranching village of Mosquero, pop. 94.
A Range of Possibility
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Cattle ranching and oil pumping mix it up on the plains of southeastern New Mexico.
Sisterhood Is Plentiful
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Sibling towns Portales and Clovis offer way more than peanuts: rock ’n’ roll history, craft beer and cheese, mom-and-pop restaurants, and a boot shop as big as a rodeo arena.
Turning Everyone On to Country
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Young country traditionalist Will Banister wows ’em from Portales to Piccadilly.
Home on the Range
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When your family’s home and business have barely changed in a century, what happens when you see your livelihood dwindling even as you watch your grandkids growing up? The cowboy may be an icon of the American West, but his life is changing in the digital age. To find out how, writer and photographer Tim Keller heads to far northeastern New Mexico to visit with Darien Brown, a fourth-generation cattle rancher.