The roads less traveled

(Albuquerque Journal) ... The word “detours” has a special place in New Mexico history. About 90 years ago, the Fred Harvey Co., of Harvey House chain fame, created Indian Detours, a business that took railroad travelers —— “detourists,” if you will —— to visit the pueblos and Indian ruins of northern New Mexico.
From the mid-1920s through most of the ’30s, they toured in elegant cars guided by women in Navajo-inspired outfits.
A recent entry in the state’s “detour” world is the self-guided touristy-history book “Detour New Mexico —— Historic Destinations & Natural Wonders” by brothers Arthur and David Pike; they grew up in Truth or Consequences. Continued