Historic governor's home demolished

(ENMN) ... Despite months of public pleading to save the former home of Gov. Washington Ellsworth Lindsey, workers began tearing it down about 8 a.m., clouds of dust enveloping the heavy equipment on the cool, cloudy morning. Within the hour, only rubble remained. Continued

Windmills to be auctioned

(ENMN) PORTALES - While the collection of windmills at the Roosevelt County Fairgrounds is an eye-catching sight, maintaining them has become an increasing burden on the county over the past few years.
The Roosevelt County Board of Commissioners took action during their regular meeting Tuesday morning to allow for a public auction to dispose of 45 of the 70 windmills from the fairground's collection. Continued

Tankhouse and Barn

I've posted this scene before, but I like this angle better, though you lose the truck.
Either way, it's in Roosevelt County, New Mexico.

"The NM Game & Fish Prairie Chicken Seafood Restaurant"

Somebody made a joke on the Google.

Fire Station: Milnesand, New Mexico

 

Milnesand Volunteer Fire Department has two stations, the one above, and one a few miles away. According to its website, "... the department has 14 volunteer Firemen and EMT’s and our fire district covers 120 square miles of vast dry land farm and ranch land in Eastern New Mexico. The Milnesand Volunteer Fire Department response zone covers an area of 600 square miles and serves a population of 200 in the response zone. There are approximately 375 structures (homes, barns, shops) spread over the 600 square miles of the fire response zone."
Of the 1,160,450 firefighters in the United States, 814,880 are volunteers (NFPA).

Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877

Buffalo Soldier Tragedy Memorial

(Wikipedia) Buffalo Soldier tragedy of 1877 also known as the "Staked Plains Horror" occurred when a combined force of Buffalo Soldier troops of the 10th Cavalry and local buffalo hunters wandered for days in the dry Llano Estacado region of north-west Texas and eastern New Mexico during July of a drought year.

The groups had united forces for a retaliatory attack on regional Native American groups who had been staging raids on white forces in the area, during what came to be called the Buffalo Hunters' War.

Over the course of five days in the near-waterless Llano Estacado, four soldiers and one buffalo hunter died. Continued

Ronny Cox

(Wikipedia) Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American character actor, singer-songwriter, and storyteller. His best-known roles include Drew Ballinger in Deliverance (1972), George Apple in Apple's Way (1974-75), Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil in Beverly Hills Cop (1984), Richard "Dick" Jones in RoboCop (1987) and the villain Vilos Cohaagen in Total Recall (1990).
... Cox, the third of five children, was born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, the son of Lounette (née Rucker) and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a dairy.
He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. Cox met his wife, Mary, when in high school and they married in 1960. Cox graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 with a double major in Theater and Speech Correction. Continued

Pep, New Mexico

 

The town of Pep is for sale, all six buildings, including the one pictured above. It could be an interesting undertaking, for the right person, and, as presented to me, a pretty good deal. Acreage is negotiable. Interested parties can inquire at the post office.

Davis Mercantile

Milnesand, New Mexico

Old House 136

Milnesand, New Mexico

Country Churches: Milnesand Baptist

Milnesand, New Mexico

Old House 135

Causey, New Mexico

Tin Shack

I think this was part of the cotton gin in Causey, New Mexico.

Causey Cemetery: "How Many Hopes Lie Buried Here"

Allis Chalmers Gleaner

Old House 133

Between Causey and Pep, New Mexico

Cotton

Cotton gin, Causey, New Mexico

People unfamiliar with the region may be surprised to find cotton growing in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas/Panhandle, but it's been a serious crop here for close to a century.
Less thirsty varieties have been developed over the years and much of the cotton produced here is done in the dryland method. Of course, drought resistant isn't drought proof and cotton suffers, just like every other crop, without water.

Old House 132

Roosevelt County, New Mexico

Causey School

The school in Causey, New Mexico, built by the WPA, back when
the homesteads were smaller and the families larger, sits abandoned.

Farm Truck: Retired