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The Artwork on Our Pages

We've been putting artwork by various
 southwestern painters at the top of each 
page since we started the website.
  We chose Peter Hurd (1904-1984)
 from the southeast corner of the state to
 dress up our site this time.
He  was born in Roswell, NM and his
 work is centered around the people and
 land of San Patricio, NM, where he lived
since the 1930's. 
He originally attended New Mexico Military
 Institute and was halfway through 
West Point before he realized he 
 loved painting more, and wanted
 to make a career of it.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
Short segments (2-5 minute) of the PBS television documentary "WAY OUT THERE" -
an award-winning program about Magdalena and this general part of New Mexico
first broadcast in '85 by KNME, Albuquerque, are now on the site,
scattered through the various pages.
The first one - titled "Early Magdalena" - is below.
It's a brief overview of the geologic, historical, and legendary background
of west-central New Mexico, and "Cow Town Magdalena" in particular.
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 .From No Life for a Lady by Agnes Morley Cleaveland 
 Published in 1941
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"There is a legend that Lady Magdalena Mountain was a sanctuary
 respected by the Indians, where fugitives, whether deservedly
 or not, found refuge from pursuing enemies. 
 The legend did not hold after the paleface came
shooting his way into the land.  Many a pursued man
 fell before his nemesis in the streets of Magdalena."
     
     
     
     
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