Constructed 1930. The Couse pasture and house gardens together interpret open horse pasture lands neat the plaza and also a cultivated garden of one the Taos communities leading art families. Bucolic pastures with magnificent mountain views are common in the Taos valley, but the Couse pasture is distinctive for its Read more
Constructed 1868. The gravesite of Kit Carson and his wife, Josephine, is located in what is today known as the Kit Carson Memorial Park. The cemetery was originally established in 1847 and called El Cemeterio Militar. After the Carsons were buried there, it was renamed the Kit Carson Cemetery. The Read more
“The acequias of southern Colorado and New Mexico are the oldest water-management institutions in the United States of European origin. These irrigated agro-systems date to the time of Spanish settlement in the northern borderlands of Nueva Espana during the late 16th century with the Juan de Onate colony in 1598 Read more
Constructed 1920. Silver Hill is a neighborhood in southeast Albuquerque which is significant as one of the oldest developments on the city’s east mesa. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by Central Avenue, Yale Boulevard, Central New Mexico Community College and the UNM campus. The early to mid-Twentieth Century neighborhood features Read more
Constructed 1880. “This site and its significant historic structures, located in the historic Barelas neighborhood and between the rail road tracks and 2nd Street, reflect an important part of Albuquerque’s economic and industrial past. The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad established locomotive repair shops and offices at the site in the Read more
The Rio Grande is New Mexico’s longest flowing river, bisecting the state east and west and providing essential water to numerous communities between the Colorado and Texas borders. The river was harnessed by prehistoric Native American peoples and later Spanish Colonial settlers who redirected the waters through irrigation ditches called Read more
Constructed 1970. Ralph Edwards Park is located on Riverside between Cedar & Birch. Named for the host of the “Truth or Consequences” game show. The park entrance is just east of downtown, where Broadway, Austin and Cedar converge. The park offers shade trees, picnic tables, a gazebo, basketball courts, playground Read more
Constructed 1940. Downtown Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences, NM 87901
Constructed 1898. The Alameda Park Zoo in downtown Alamogordo has the reputation and history of being the oldest zoo in the Southwest. The Alameda Park Zoo has more than 12 acres and over 250 exotic and indigenous animals. An education center, gift shop, restroom facilities, picnic area, and playground are Read more
Constructed 1938. A prisoner of war camp was located in Orchard Park during World War II. The German POWs were put to work building infrastructure for the city. One of their projects concerned paving the banks of the North Spring River in stone. Some of the POWs worked together and Read more