Constructed 1927. Historic Route 66 in Grants became known as Santa Fe Blvd. The highway has a long history with Grants, even as the community has seen boom and bust days due the uranium mining industry. The Grants area also grew crops, famously carrots, before industrial agriculture reduced the markets. Read more…
Constructed 1927. Historic Route 66 in Gallup is evident on the four-lane Historic Rt. 66 street and also on Coal Ave., one block south. The old highway split up into complementary one way routes from its origins. In few cities, can one experience as much of the original flavor of Read more…
The Santa Fe Trail National Scenic Byway passes through multiple New Mexico MainStreet communities. The historic trail had two routes over time: the Mountain Route that went through Raton with its important pass into Colorado; and the Cimarron Route, which cut across the eastern plains of New Mexico and passed Read more…