Podcast #101-S4 Following the Civil War, General Carleton (photo at right) requested that a new fort be established in what is now southwestern New Mexico which was in the heart of the Apache homeland. Its mission would be to protect the miners, ranchers, and emigrant and business trails. The new fort was to be named…
Month: March 2023
Black Range Museum
Podcast #100-S4 The mission of the Hillsboro Historical Society is to preserve, collect and protect the history of the Hillsboro, Kingston, and Lake Valley regions of southern New Mexico. The Hillsboro Historical Society owns and manages the Black Range Museum and the old Sierra County Courthouse and Jail Site in Hillsboro, NM. We are an…
Geronimo Springs Museum
Podcast #99-S4 The Geronimo Springs Museum is a small regional museum located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. It is named after Geronimo Hot Springs, one of numerous hot springs in the Hot Springs Artesian Basin. The springs were named after the Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo from the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. Listen…