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…
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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…
Lincoln County Museum
Podcast #84-S3 Lincoln Historic Site is unique in that it manages most of the historical buildings in the community of Lincoln. This most widely visited state monument in New Mexico is part of a community frozen in timeāthe 1870’s and 1880’s. Through a gift from the Hubbard Family Trust, the historic site now includes 17…
Smokey Bear Museum & Gift Shop
Podcast #83-S3 How many people know that Smokey Bear was actually a live bear found in a forest fire! This was such a cool place and Nat and Sean were so much fun to do the podcast with. There was so much Americana history here and it brought back so many memories of commercials and…
Fort Stanton, NM
Podcast #82-S3 Named for Captain Henry W. Stanton, who was killed in a skirmish with the Apaches, Fort Stanton was built in 1855 by soldiers of the 1st Dragoon and the 3rd and 8th Infantry Regiments to serve as a base of operations against the Mescalero Apache Indians. It served as a military fortification through…