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New Mexico Territory attracted outlaws and desperados as its remote
locations guaranteed non-detection while providing opportunists the
perfect setting in which to seize wealth. Many wicked women on the
run from their pasts headed there seeking new starts before and
after 1912 statehood. Colorful characters such as Bronco Sue, Sadie
Orchard and Lizzie McGrath were noted mavens of mayhem, while many
other women were notorious gamblers, bawdy madams or confidence
tricksters. Some paid the ultimate price for crimes of passion,
while others avoided punishment by slyly using their beguiling
allure to influence authorities. Follow the raucous tales of these
wild women in a collection that proves crime in early New Mexico
wasn't only a boys' game.
Created by the visionary Charles B. Eddy, Carlsbad rose from the
humble beginnings of a tent city to become a vital community on the
banks of the Pecos River. One of the largest irrigation projects
known at that time made the transformation possible. The Carlsbad
Caverns, discovered by James Larkin White and documented by local
photographer Ray V. Davis, introduced the world to the wonders that
lay beneath the desert surface. World War II saw Carlsbad members
of the 200th and 515th Coast Artillery units being thrown into the
midst of the Bataan Death March. With the discovery of a large
deposit of potash east of town, agriculture flourished nationwide
and prosperity returned to the town. As the country moved into the
nuclear age, Carlsbad once again played a significant role. The
detonation of the Gnome Project in 1961 and the Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant of the present day have provided the country with vital
knowledge and nuclear waste storage.
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Eddy County (Hardcover)
Donna Blake-Birchell, The Southeastern New Mexico Historical S
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R652
Discovery Miles 6 520
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