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New Mexico State Road 244
State Road 244 (NM 244) is a state highway in northern Otero County, New Mexico, United States, that connects U.S. Route 82 (US 82) in Cloudcroft with U.S. Route 70 (US 70) northeast of Mescalero. Route description NM 244 begins at a T intersection on US 82 in the Lincoln National Forest in a narrow part of city limits of Cloudcroft that runs along US 82 and connects the main part of the village with the ski area to the east. (US 82 heads west toward Alamogordo and Tularosa and east toward Mayhill and Artesia.) From its southern terminus NM 244 heads northerly for about , connecting with west ends of Osha Trail Road and County Road 568 along the way. NM 244 then turns to head east–northeasterly. Along this roughly section, NM 244 connects with the south end of Observatory Road, the north end of Lincoln Forest Winter Skik, the south ends of La Luz Canyon and Raspberry roads, the north end of Sacramento Mountain R ...
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Cloudcroft, New Mexico
Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, United States, and is located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its high elevation (; one of the highest in the U.S.) allows for a mild summer that makes it a popular tourist attraction in west Texas and southern New Mexico. It was named by Fodor's in 2002 as the Number 3 "Most Overlooked and Underrated Destination Spot." Tourism remains the primary economic driver of the village. History In the 1890s, the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, organized by brothers Charles Bishop Eddy and John Arthur Eddy, arrived in the newly founded town of Alamogordo intending to continue the rail line north to the mining town of White Oaks and beyond. This required a steady supply of timber. In 1898 the Eddy brothers sent a survey crew into the Sacramento Mountains to determine the feasibility of extending a line up the summit to harvest the ...
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Mescalero
Mescalero or Mescalero Apache ( apm, Naa'dahéńdé) is an Apache tribe of Southern Athabaskan–speaking Native Americans. The tribe is federally recognized as the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Apache Reservation, located in south-central New Mexico. In the 19th century, the Mescalero opened their reservation to other Apache tribes, such as the Mimbreno (Chíhéńde, Warm Springs Apaches) and the Chiricahua (Shá'i'á-ńde or Chidikáágu). Some Lipan Apache (Tú 'édì-néńde and Tú ntsaa-ńde) also joined the reservation. Their descendants are enrolled in the Mescalero Apache Tribe. Reservation Originally established on May 27, 1873, by executive order of President Ulysses S. Grant, the reservation was first located near Fort Stanton (Zhúuníidu). The present reservation was established in 1883. It has a land area of 1,862.463 km² (719.101 sq mi), almost entirely in Otero County. The 463,000-acre reservation lies on the eastern flank of the Sacr ...
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List Of State Roads In New Mexico
State roads in New Mexico, along with the Interstate Highway System, and the United States Numbered Highway System, fall under the jurisdiction of the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT). The U.S. state of New Mexico has 412  state roads, totaling that criss-cross the 33 counties of the state.Total mileage is a summation of the mileages below. Most highway numbers are one, two, or three digits long, however there are three highways that have four digit highway numbers. These highways are New Mexico State Road 1113 (NM 1113), NM 5001, and NM 6563. There are 26 state roads that are shorter than long in the state. The shortest, NM 446, is a quarter-mile (402 m) long and serves to connect Valmora to NM 97. NM 597, the second shortest highway, links U.S. Route 160 (US 160) to the Four Corners Monument, a tourist destination on the Navajo Nation where the states of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado meet. In co ...
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The El Paso Times
The ''El Paso Times'' is the newspaper for the US city of El Paso, Texas. The newspaper has an approximate daily circulation of 65,000 and 125,000 on Sundays. The paper is the only English-language daily in El Paso (when the '' El Paso Herald-Post'', an afternoon paper, closed in 1997), but often competes with the Spanish-language ''El Diario de El Paso'', an offshoot of '' El Diario de Juárez'' which is published across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. Because of declining newspaper circulation with the rise of the internet, the ''El Paso Times ''has recently expanded its online capabilities and introduced continuous online updates. ''Times'' prices are $1.50 daily and $2 Sunday. For the Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday Ads edition, its cost is $5. History The paper was founded in 1881 by Marcellus Washington Carrico. The ''Times'' first published April 2, 1881. It originally started out as a weekly but within a year's time, it became the daily newspaper for the fronti ...
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New Mexico State Road 24
State Road 24 (NM 24) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately . NM 24's western terminus is at NM 130 southwest of Mayhill, and the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 82 (US 82) north-northeast of Dunken. Major intersections See also * * References {{reflist 024 4 (four) is a number, numeral (linguistics), numeral and numerical digit, digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is tetraphobia, considered unlucky in many East Asian c ... Transportation in Chaves County, New Mexico Transportation in Otero County, New Mexico ...
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New Mexico Department Of Transportation
The New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT; es, Departamento de Transporte de Nuevo México) is a state government organization which oversees transportation in New Mexico, State of New Mexico in the southwestern United States. The agency has four main focuses—transit, rail, aviation and highways. The department is based in the Joe M. Anaya Building in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe. NMDOT Districts The NMDOT is divided into six districts which serve various areas of the state: NMDOT Park and Ride Beginning in 2003, the NMDOT began operating intercity bus service in New Mexico and Texas, under the name NMDOT Park and Ride. The system includes eight intercity routes and three local routes in Santa Fe. See also References External links * DWI in New Mexico Awareness website by NMDOT
Transportation in New Mexico, Department of Transportation State departments of transportation of the United States, New Mexico Department of Transportation State agenci ...
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Annual Average Daily Traffic
Annual average daily traffic, abbreviated AADT, is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a year divided by 365 days. AADT is a simple, but useful, measurement of how busy the road is. AADT is the standard measurement for vehicle traffic load on a section of road, and the basis for most decisions regarding transport planning, or to the environmental hazards of pollution related to road transport. Uses One of the most important uses of AADT is for determining funding for the maintenance and improvement of highways. In the United States the amount of federal funding a state will receive is related to the total traffic measured across its highway network. Each year on June 15, every state in the United States submits Highway Performance Monitoring System HPMS">Highway Performance Monitoring System">Highway Performance Monitoring Sy ...
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Bent, New Mexico
Bent is a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 119 as of the 2010 census. Bent has a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ... with ZIP code 88314. U.S. Route 70 passes through the community. History A post office called Bent has been in operation since 1906. The community has the name of George Bent, a businessperson in the local mining industry. Demographics Education Bent is within the Tularosa Municipal Schools district. References Census-designated places in New Mexico Census-designated places in Otero County, New Mexico {{NewMexico-geo-stub ...
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Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell () is a city in, and the County seat, seat of, Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Chaves County forms the entirety of the List of micropolitan areas in New Mexico, Roswell micropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census it had a population of 48,422, making it the fifth-largest city in New Mexico. It is home of the New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI), founded in 1891. The city is also the location of an Eastern New Mexico University campus. Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles northeast of the city on the Pecos River. Bottomless Lakes State Park is located east of Roswell on U.S. Route 380, US 380. The Roswell incident was named after the town, though the crash site of the alleged UFO was some from Roswell and closer to Corona, New Mexico, Corona. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. On the 50th anniversary of the Roswell UFO incident the ...
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Glencoe, New Mexico
Glencoe is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. Its ZIP code is 88324. The community is located on the Rio Ruidoso and U.S. Highway 70, between Ruidoso Downs and San Patricio. It is just east of the Lincoln National Forest. It contains one location the State Register of Cultural Properties, St. Anne's Chapel. Its economy is historically based on agriculture, and its inhabitants have historically participated in ranch dances, rodeos, and baseball games. The area was settled in the 1880s, and as of the 2010 census, had a population of 210 people. The area now has a distillery and a museum and gift shop at Fox Cave. History The community was named after the word glen, a Scottish term for a valley, and the Coe family, including outlaws George Coe and Frank Coe. The Coe family began settling in the area around 1880 after moving south from Las Vegas, Nevada and working the Santa Fe Trail throughout the 1870s. After the Lincoln County Wa ...
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Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico
Ruidoso Downs is a city in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States, located within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 1,824 at the 2000 census and 2,815 at the 2010 census. Originally incorporated as a village, it became a city in May 2002. Known locally as "the Downs", Ruidoso Downs is a suburb of adjacent Ruidoso and is a part of the Ruidoso Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city, located along U.S. Route 70, is named after the Ruidoso Downs Race Track, which is located in the city along with the Billy the Kid Casino and the Hubbard Museum of the American West. History According to a local Ruidoso Downs historian, early on Hispanos settlers called the area "San Juanito". The settlers began arriving in the early in the late 1840s, and introduced rodeo and horse racing to the area. Originally the area had scattered farms and ranches, with the Dowlin Mill constructed in 1868. A new wave of families arrived after the Lincoln County War. By around 1907 the road ...
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Silver Lake (New Mexico)
Silver Lake may refer to: Cities and towns Canada *Silver Lake, in Peterborough County, Ontario, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Trent Lakes *Silver Lake, in Renfrew County, Ontario, a dispersed rural community in the municipality of Bonnechere Valley United States : * Silver Lake, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California * Silver Lake, San Bernardino County, California, a ghost town * Helendale, California, also known as Silver Lakes * Silver Lake, Florida *Silver Lake, Indiana *Silver Lake, Kansas * Erlanger, Kentucky, previously known as Silver Lake * Silver Lake, Massachusetts, an unincorporated community *Nonantum, Massachusetts, also known as Silver Lake * Silver Lake, Minnesota *Silver Lake, Missouri *Silver Lake, New Hampshire * Silver Lake, Cumberland County, New Jersey *Silver Lake, Essex County, New Jersey *Silver Lake, Warren County, New Jersey * Silver Lake, Otsego County, New York *Silver Lake, Staten Island, New York *Silver Lake, Wyo ...
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