Sherry Fletcher: 4 books
by Sherry Fletcher, Cindy Carpenter
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
On November 18, 1904, engineer B.M. Hall submitted his final report to the 12th National Irrigation Congress in El Paso, Texas. He concluded that the ideal location for a dam and reservoir would be a site in western New Mexico. A congressional act of February 25, 1905, authorized the construction of...
by Cindy Carpenter, Sherry Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2018
In 1884, Sierra County was formed in the Middle Rio Grande Corridor of the New Mexico Territory out of the existing counties of Grant, Doña Ana, and Socorro. Not everyone was pleased with the new county, and the courthouse was said to look like "a dance hall." From the fortunes and misfortunes...
by Sherry Fletcher, Cindy Carpenter
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2010
�Hot Springs, New Mexico, Ain�t That Any More� was one of the headlines on April 4, 1950, in the Gallup Independent. As a publicity stunt, Ralph Edwards had invited a town to change its name to �Truth or Consequences,� the name of his popular radio quiz show, and Hot Springs agreed to do so....
by Cindy Carpenter, Sherry Fletcher
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2015
The headline said it all: "Chili Industry Gains Foothold in the Hatch Community." The Las Vegas Daily Optic of January 17, 1929, reported that the "Farmers of [the] Hatch community, who have developed the chile industry as one which threatens the laurels of King Cotton, are moving out shipments to...