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February 1, 2014 • Vol. 66, No. 2 USPS 175-880 • ISSN 0046-1946 Circulation 124,607

enchantment (ISSN 0046-1946) is published monthly by the New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. enchantment provides reliable, helpful information on rural living and energy use to electric cooperative members and customers.

Nearly 125,000 families and businesses receive enchantment Magazine as electric cooperative members. Non-member subscriptions are available at $8 per year or $13 for two years, payable to NMRECA. Allow four to eight weeks for delivery. Periodical Postage paid at Santa Fe, NM 87501-9998 and additional mailing offices. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Postmaster: Send address changes to 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505-4428.

Readers who receive the publication through their electric cooperative membership should report address changes to their local electric cooperative office. THE NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION provides legislative and educational services for the 18 cooperatives that deliver electric power to New Mexico’s rural areas and small communities. Each cooperative has a representative on the association’s board of directors, which controls the editorial content and advertising policy of enchantment through its Publications Committee. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Charles Pinson, President, Central Valley Electric Cooperative, Artesia George Biel, Vice President, Sierra Electric Cooperative, Elephant Butte Jerry Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Taos BOARD OF DIRECTORS Leandro Abeyta, Central New Mexico Electric Cooperative, Mountainair William C. Miller, Jr., Columbus Electric Cooperative, Deming Arsenio Salazar, Continental Divide Electric Cooperative, Grants Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative, Clovis Johnny E. Jaramillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative, Española Robert Caudle, Lea County Electric Cooperative, Lovington Virginia Mondragon, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative, Mora Tomas G. Rivas, Northern Río Arriba Electric Cooperative, Chama Preston Stone, Otero County Electric Cooperative, Cloudcroft Jerry W. Partin, Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative, Portales Joseph Herrera, Socorro Electric Cooperative, Socorro Gary Rinker, Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Clayton Paul Costa, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer Wayne Connell, Tri-State G&T Association, Westminster, Colorado Charles G. Wagner, Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma NATIONAL DIRECTOR David Spradlin, Springer Electric Cooperative, Springer MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE William C. Miller, Jr., Columbus Electric Cooperative Lance R. Adkins, Farmers’ Electric Cooperative Johnny E. Jaramillo, Jemez Mountains Electric Cooperative Virginia Mondragon, Mora-San Miguel Electric Cooperative

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Co-op Newswire

The Lost Cemetery of Las Vegas

A quarry dig unearths the lost and forgotten.

Restored and Protected, the Lucy Cemetery

A spunky 84-year-old woman enlists the help of others to revitalize her hometown cemetery.

NEW MEXICO RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION 614 Don Gaspar Avenue Phone: 505-982-4671 Santa Fe, NM 87505 Fax: 505-982-0153 www.nmelectric.coop www.enchantment.coop Keven J. Groenewold, Executive Vice President, kgroenewold@nmelectric.coop Susan M. Espinoza, Editor, sespinoza@nmelectric.coop Tom Condit, Assistant Editor, tcondit@nmelectric.coop

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ADVERTISING Rates available upon request. Cooperative members and New Mexico advertisers, call Robert Adams at 505-982-4671 or e-mail at radams@nmelectric.coop. National representative: The Weiss Group, 915-533-5394. Advertisements in enchantment are paid solicitations and are not endorsed by the publisher or the electric cooperatives of New Mexico. PRODUCT SATISFACTION AND DELIVERY RESPONSIBILITY LIE SOLELY WITH THE ADVERTISER.

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Area near the quarry and cemetery site in 2013. Cover story and photo by Ellen Rippel.

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Co-op Newswire Are You a Past Youth Tour Participant? Have you completed your freshman year of college or received academic credits equal to at least one year of college? Then, you have the opportunity to apply for a $10,000 scholarship.

he Glenn English National Cooperative Leadership Foundation will award one $10,000 scholarship (distributed in two $5,000 installments) to a student working on their first bachelor’s degree program. To be eligible, an applicant must: be a U.S. Citizen; have participated in the Youth Tour; and have completed freshman year of college or received academic credits equal to at least one year of college. Applicants will be judged on the following criteria: cumulative GPA; internships; civic, volunteer and political activities; leadership skills; and involvement in cooperative-based programs and activities. As part of the application process, a video statement is required. A tireless consumer advocate, Glenn English spent his career championing the cooperative business model and fighting to improve the quality of life for all Americans. In 1994, Mr. English became the fourth Chief Executive Officer

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Hello Co-op Members: Let’s stay inside; it’s cold out there!! Things you will need for this month. 1) Ruler 18-inch 3) Gloves and knee pads 5) Pen and paper 2) Face Mask 4) Flashlight First, let’s find out what kind of insulation you have. If it is bat insulation (rolled kind), I say get it out. If it is blown in, measure it. Here is a link to the Energy Star website to help you find the R-Value you need, and the amount you will need to add to reach the perfect R-value: www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=home_sealing.hm_improvement_insulation_table In my opinion, the best is a cellulose base blown-in insulation. You can rent a machine to install this type of insulation from your local hardware store for you do-it-yourselfer’s. Before you do that, make sure you have enough airflow in your attic. Rule of thumb: for every 150-square feet of attic space, you need 1-square foot of venting. For example, if you have 1,500 square feet of attic space, you need 10-square feet of vents. Follow the guidelines from Energy Star and you will be nice and toasty. Until next month. If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at radams@nmelectric.coop

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of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA). He vigorously defended the nation’s electric cooperatives and promoted the “Cooperative Way” as a solution to many of the nation’s problems. Never forgetting the driving spirit of rural electrification and the power of cooperation, he continually kept lawmakers and regulators focused on “putting consumers first” and keeping electric bills affordable during the nearly two decades of congressional debate over energy and environmental policy. During his tenure at NRECA, Mr. English was a passionate advocate of the Electric Cooperative Youth Tour and Youth Leadership Council (YLC) programs. He encouraged these young leaders to never lose sight of the seven cooperative principles and focus on their responsibilities as citizens—to be well informed and engaged in the political process. In May 2010, Mr. English was inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame. Mr. English retired from NRECA in March 2013 after serving as Chief Executive Officer of NRECA for 19 years.

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We can develop new and more efficient technologies to protect our scarce water resources. We can work together to build a solid base for our future.

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Scanning the Skies, Far and Beyond

he New Year started with little or no moisture around New Mexico. For most of the state, 2014 follows many years of poor rainfall. Some parts fared a little better than others, but eventually the drought hit with a vengeance throughout the entire state. There was that brief reprieve last September—but, once again, anemic mountain snowpacks are damaging everything from recreation to the fortunes of farmers who rely on empty reservoirs to irrigate their crops. Piñon forests are again under siege just as they begin to recover from the bark beetle blight of a few years ago. Even the hardier desert plants like the cholla cactus and the yucca are falling victim to the drought. The desert southwest is a dry place in the best of years, which we apparently enjoyed in the 80s and early 90s. In bad years we rely on stored reserves in underground lakes and above ground reservoirs to carry us into a new season with, hopefully, renewed rainfall. For centuries, variations on this approach have helped humans survive difficult times and survive the difficult years when the skies don’t bring water to their lands.

Drought challenges this approach. Reservoirs go dry as the snowpack fades. Rainfall doesn’t come, leaving parched crops exposed to the dry winds. Aquifers drop and their water quality declines. Drought is the great equalizer: regardless of your economic status, your political persuasion, or whether you prefer red or green, you feel the effects when it doesn’t rain. That simple fact presents us with a basic contradiction in water policy. Because water affects everyone, the water debate has as many conflicting viewpoints as there are debaters. Or, as the old saying goes, whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over. The other side of the contradiction is we all have a vested interest in figuring out how to live with less water. Our shared dependence on this vital and scarce resource can serve as the basis for a long-term solution to its scarcity. We have to begin by realizing our water shortage is real and sustained. The National Climate Data Center says for 2014 the southwest and most of the western U.S. will remain in drought conditions and for most, it will likely intensify. The current conditions rival the exten-

Keven J. Groenewold. P.E. Executive Vice President and General Manager New Mexico Rural Electric Cooperative Association

sive drought area of the worst 20th century droughts. We also have to realize we’ve seen, and survived, earlier droughts. When the Dust Bowl chased thousands of farmers to the cities, we learned how to produce more food with fewer resources, including water. Meanwhile, the former farmers turned their energies to factories and industries that fuel our nation’s phenomenal growth after World War II. Earlier droughts also upset the existing way of doing things only to see a newer and better system take hold. In short, we can adapt to changing conditions. We can develop new and more efficient technologies to protect our scarce water resources. We can work together to build a solid base for our future. And in the meantime, we can scan the skies for those moisture clouds that will eventually return.

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Hale to the stars BY ALAN HALE • A MONTHLY GUIDE TO THE STARS OF NEW MEXICO

he cold nighttime skies of February have one bright planet dominating the evening sky, and another one performing this role for the morning sky. The evening sky luminary is our solar system’s largest planet, Jupiter, which is already getting well up in the eastern sky by dusk and which passes almost directly overhead during the mid-evening hours. A decent pair of binoculars will reveal the four large Galilean moons, and relatively small telescopes should show some of the planet’s cloud bands and features like the Great Red Spot.

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The morning luminary is Venus, which dominated the evening sky for most of the second half of last year, but which slipped between earth and the sun last month, and is now emerging into the morning sky before dawn. Its phase is readily discernible in a small telescope, and this month it starts off as a very thin crescent that gradually thickens over the subsequent weeks. Among the other planets, Mercury is visible in the southwestern sky during late dusk right around the beginning of February, but starts disappearing into twilight within a few days. Mars rises in the east during the mid-evening hours and is at its highest above the horizon an hour or two before dawn. Saturn rises an hour or so after midnight and gradually

climbs higher into the eastern sky Spirit finally ceased operations throughout the rest of the morn- four years ago, Opportunity is ing hours. still going strong. The Red Planet, Mars, has long The more recent Curiosity been the subject of speculation rover has been in the news lately. and mystery, and for the past Analysis of the soil at its landing couple of decades has been the site at Gale Crater has revealed destination of many spacecraft. it was once at the bottom of a Two more are now en route to freshwater lake, and indicate the Mars: NASA’s Mars Atmosphere conditions in this area were defiand Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) nitely conducive to the existence mission, and India’s Mars Orbiter of life in Mars’ past. mission, informally dubbed Mangalyaan. Meanwhile, last month marked the ten-year anniversary of the Spirit and Opportunity rovers’ landing on the Martian surface for what were originally intended Sedimentary deposits (including sandstone and mudstone) to be three-month near Curiosity’s landing site in Gale Crater, as photographed by missions; while Curiosity one year ago. NASA photograph.

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February 1974: No Answer to Crisis Seen in Oil-Gas Price Rises. Letting the price of petroleum products and natural gas rise to exorbitant levels is not the answer to the energy crisis. It would only shift more of the burden to those who are less able to pay. We are being steadily pushed in the direction of accepting the principal of “charging whatever the traffic will bear” without study or justification to show that there would be any benefit other than to the industry involved.

February 1994: African-American Inventors Helped Create the World of Electricity. Inventors who brought us incandescent light bulbs, refrigerated meat trucks, the railway telegraph and our red, green and yellow traffic signals were black men. They helped create sound equipment for movie theaters, developed portable X-ray machines. Typical history books do not reflect the contributions that black Americans have made to science and technology.

February 2004: Looking for Birds in All the Right Places. When John James Audubon’s Philadelphia business closed its doors, bankrupt, he went into the young nation’s forests and fields to chronicle its birds which led to great richness in understanding the birds of North America. And his spirit lives on right here in New Mexico, a spirit of discovery—of learning more about the birds that take up housekeeping in our forests, fields, farms, and yards. His art brought them to life on paper.

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kitchen appliances, locate them properly. The cooking range and oven should not be directly next to the refrigerator. Their heat makes the refrigerator compressor run longer. Also, don’t put the range or oven under a window; a breeze can carry away heat before it gets into your pots and pans. The most efficient electric range heating elements are induction units. These elements produce magnetic energy which warms magnetic (usually iron and steel) pots and pans. If there is no utensil on an induction element, the element does not get hot. Induction elements provide heating control almost as precise as gas burners. Induction elements offer an energy advantage: nearly all of the energy goes into the pot or pan to heat food. With a regular resistance element, the heat transfers from the range top to the base of the pot. A lot of heat is lost to the air, never getting to the food. Since you don’t always want to use magnetic cooking dishes, your range should have only one or two induction elements. The others should be standard resistance or halogen. Halogen elements heat up faster, but are not as efficient.

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The Lost Cemetery of Las Vegas BY ELLEN RIPPEL

he Old West abounds with tales of outlaws and outcasts—their lives, their deaths, and stories of the cemeteries where they were buried. Boot Hill, or the potter’s field, was customarily the final resting place for people who were thought not entitled to be interred near the “respectable” folks of the community. In the 1800s, Las Vegas had such a cemetery, but—over the decades—the graves were lost and forgotten. Until an accident uncovered the past. In the autumn of 1972, a quarrying operation on private land near the outskirts of Las Vegas inadvertently uncovered an unmarked cemetery. The public may have never known but a New Mexico Department of Transportation employee intervened. The man heard of grave robbing associated with the site—even of a worker mailing a skull from the cemetery to friends in California—so he alerted an archaeology professor at New Mexico Highlands University. Three years earlier the New Mexico Legislature had passed the Cultural Properties Act, regulating preservation of historic and cultural resources. The law discouraged disturbing objects of archeologi-

cal and historical significance on private lands, but didn’t prohibit it. All that was required for digging was the consent of the property owner. And the quarrying company had that approval. The professor needed time to recover the remains. He convinced the owner of the quarrying operation to pause activity for one week. Then the professor quickly assembled his archaeology students for a dig. When the archaeology team arrived at the site, they found the top layers of earth and rock had been stripped off by the backhoe. Upper portions of caskets had been sheared off and their contents scattered, so the term “dig” was only partially correct. In this area of the quarry the archaeology group would simply collect dispersed remains and artifacts. The team identified a particular grass growing over the partially-unearthed graves. They anticipated finding additional graves by looking for similar clues. Based on the number of grass patches, the group estimated roughly 45 graves, with 15 to 20 graves in immediate danger because they were close to where quarrying was already underway. The team

Ellen Rippel standing at the quarry (Lost Cemetery) site in 1979. Note the vast amount of gravel and large rocks in the area. Photos and artifact photos by Ellen Rippel, from her master’s thesis, Graves in the Gravel, at New Mexico Highlands University.

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agreed to concentrate on the most vulnerable burials because of the one-week deadline. In the seven-day period the archaeology team collected the contents of 17 graves—some that had already been exposed, the rest from locations where they predicted there would be more burials. They took photographs, bagged and labeled bones and artifacts, then carried everything back to the Highlands University Anthropology Lab for analysis. Although all 17 graves showed similarities—for instance, each had a wood coffin—there were also unusual differences. The upper portion of the skull of one of the bodies had been removed with a saw, indicating a post-mortem may have been performed. Another body had an axe head, wrapped in a blanket, placed on its chest. Yet another body was found with its head resting in the middle of the torso. And, there was the grave of a child. Who were these people? Researchers examined maps, newspapers, and other documents but couldn’t find information about the graveyard. …continued on page 15

The complete pot-metal, swing-bar handle from the child’s coffin. The archaeology team found only pieces of fabric in the casket since the child’s remains had already deteriorated. The handle was originally taken by a quarry worker, but later returned to the Anthropology Laboratory at New Mexico Highlands University.

Coffin “screw downs” from one of the graves. Screw downs were used to hold the lid of the coffin to the portion that held the body.

Restored and Protected, the Lucy Cemetery BY CRAIG SPRINGER

uffice it to say that making a living off the land is difficult. Throw in factors like threefoot snows, summer monsoons that come late or deliver little rain. And then there’s the wind that never seems to cease in the Estancia Basin. Add to that the economic malaise of the Great Depression. It all made a tough row to hoe for those scratching a living from the friable central New Mexico soil near the town of Lucy. If you have never heard of Lucy, you’re not alone. Even though the Burlington Northern Railroad posted a sign on the tracks about 15 miles northeast of present-day Willard, paralleling the transcontinental U.S. Route 60, the historic rail stop in Torrance County is but a faint memory for a select few souls who still grace the living. There’s not a great deal left of the old community, except for a cemetery. And it too was beleaguered and ravaged by the effects of time, gravity, and trampling cows. But love conquers all, they say. Take Bernadine Creager, a spunky 84 year old, born in Lucy in 1929, the very year the pallor of the Depression laid over the land. She still possesses a love for her mother, Willie Belle Boyd-Harper, who she didn’t get to know well. Her mother died at age 40 when Creager was but three years old. Her mother’s asthma, allergies, and lung aliments are partly what brought Creager’s family from Plainview, Texas, to Lucy, not to mention the promise land to call their own. It was her frail lungs that took her to the grave. Her gravestone like most all the others is small and unassuming, its arching top is engraved with the word, “Mother,” and below is a record of her existence. That grave, and a couple dozen others—Lucy’s pioneers, the souls that came here to homestead about 1905—have words and numbers etched on them that in the aggregate tell a story of rural New Mexico. If the names tell us anything, Lucy, originally called “Lucia” was settled predominately by Anglos: Ayer, Clayton, Estes, Shults, Rhoads, Miller, and there’s the stone with this etched on it: “Infant Child of Pablo Rodriguez, May 11, 1920.” Little Ettie May Cook also passed on as an infant; she was born

February 24, 1919, and was laid to rest in May of that same year. There’s a spate of deaths around 1918-1921. Armon Austin was born in Lucy the day after Ettie May Cook and he’s about to turn 95 years old. He splits his time with family between Albuquerque and his ranch near Lucy. The rancher remembers when the Rural Electrification Administration brought electricity to the homestead, when the train whistled its comings and goings, and when Roy Cline, the owner of a Lucy roadside stop sold out to a Mountainair hotel, picked up stakes and headed north to make an indelible mark along Route 66—a place travelers know as Clines Corners. Austin recollects riding a plow behind horses as his dad split sod to plant pinto beans. He also reverently remembered being a pallbearer at the Lucy cemetery. Austin of course remembers a recent phone call from Bernadine Creager. “She knew I was from Lucy, and wanted to know who to talk to about fixing up the cemetery,” says Austin. “I told her to contact Leroy Humphries of the 7Up 7Down Ranch. That got things rolling to fix the place up.” Creager had visited Lucy Cemetery and was moved to protect the site. She enlisted the help of Humphries. He committed his ranch hands to build fence and weld pipe, and facilitated discounted buys on materials. Creager with the help of Austin, located kin of the deceased. Private cash donations saw the project through. Creager’s daughter, Judy Hilger, created the decorative archway that graces the cemetery on the prairie. “It’s an exceptional place now,” says Austin. “It feels good.” Creager agrees, citing the sense of accomplishment she has knowing what’s been done for the future, honoring those from the past. The restoration culminated in a ceremony at the cemetery last June, attended by a few former Lucy residences and descendants of the deceased. Austin and Creager, though unrelated, were born in the same house east of Lucy cemetery 10 years apart. They share a familiar connection to a place on the prairie, a spot along the railroad and a ribbon of highway. Their friends and relatives will spend their earthly eternity at Lucy, and they have honored the dead, those who they knew and those that rest in unmarked graves. Written in the stones are the records of those who homesteaded in the middle of New Mexico to raise fruits of the soil— beans and children.

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Book Chat BY PHAEDRA GREENWOOD

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In this novel Gonzales explores, mainly through dialogue, a story about the Anasazi of Bandelier near Los Alamos who might have abandoned their home not because of drought, but thanks to the visions of their elders who bade them to follow the spinning sun and join the Great Migration west. It’s challenging to cultivate an authentic voice from inside an extinct culture; Gonzales is good at narration, but portrays the Native Americans in lengthy discussions about sin and evil, sacrifice and forgiveness. Kneenose, an animal spirit guide, is sacrificed by cutting a hole in the top of his skull to release its message. When that fails, Jopin, a wise elder, agrees to the same operation. He has a startling vision of World War II and the mystery egg that destroys Hiroshima in one fiery blast. Toward the end of the book, most tribal members choose to leave. Too bad this morality tale trickles off into the sand.

What a fun surprise! To promote traditional Western novels, for over 30 years, Belinda Perry wrote under the pen name of William A. Luckey. She authored a Gunsmoke Western called Bad Company and published a trilogy about the history of the McCraw family near Marfa, Texas: Flags Over Texas, published by Ballantine Books, published under the name of Perry, Texas Springs, and River Wars the last in the trilogy. Her latest book is An Old Woman Lies, with a photo of herself on the back cover. She is a grandmother who still rides and retrains spoiled horses. River Wars is a strong, historical novel with lively characters, vivid details of war, and then a life in the Southwest that includes the Mexicans who have been chased across the river by bandits. The author culled from local papers the background history of raids, skirmishes and border incidents. A slow-cooked, savory read, this novel won the Pinnacle Book Achievement Award.

This is an easy and entertaining read, a first mystery novel from a retired school teacher who obviously knows horses and rural New Mexico. Charlie, the main character, a retired rancher and widower, is about to lose his ranch to the bank. He fondly recalls his petite and pretty late wife, Alice, who would sometimes chide him with “Jackass!” and tap him on the head with a wooden spoon. Charlie takes on a horse-training job that involves plenty of real-life drama with classy Elizabeth and her young son. Alternating chapters, disconnected from the heart of the story, follow four bad guys on a random, cross-country killing spree. (This is not “Thelma and Louise.”) By coincidence, their mindless violence intersects with Charlie’s trip to the bank—and chaos ensues! The book is self-published through Mercury HeartLink of Albuquerque, a press that grants authors all the profit from sales, all royalties from Amazon and “creative responsible publishing.”

Poets are always about acute awareness. To translate awareness into words is a delicate task that Jacobson seems to accomplish with zest, like skating along a frozen arroyo. She manifests the invisible with an unspoken question that author Natalie Goldberg calls “mysterious.” The silence is a startling implosion the reader must approach from the underside. Sensual as the texture of sandstone, sexual as a melon ripe with seed, her poems never stray from the absolute truth of the natural world even when she dissolves into the stillness of the moment. As she sits on “the daisy print couch” with “knees pulled in” she senses the ebb and flow of eons and “rests in the view/coiled in her water smell…” All the reader has to do is turn the page.

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They reviewed church records, but believed this area wasn’t a camposanto, the consecrated portion of a Catholic cemetery. Those not dying in a “state of grace,” according to the Catholic Church, were buried just outside the camposanto. These graves, however, were some distance from existing cemeteries. In 1979, Dr. Myra Ellen Jenkins, New Mexico’s first State Historian, said she believed this cemetery was the lost potter’s field of Las Vegas and there would probably be no official record of it. Jenkins said the potter’s field—a graveyard for poor, notorious and unknown people—could have been established and maintained as unlicensed. Students from Highlands University interviewed local residents for clues. Some Las Vegans remembered stories of the region being used as a parade ground for Fort Union in the 1860s and some said the locale was used for horse races in the 1920s. One elderly woman recalled hearing stories when she was a child that the notorious outlaw, Vicente Silva, was buried in the cemetery. Her recollection fit with historic reports. After Silva murdered his wife, his outraged gang members killed him and buried his body in a ditch. His remains were later exhumed and reburied in the potter’s cemetery. Might one of those unearthed graves have belonged to Vicente Silva? Could the contents of another grave be the body of convicted murderer Paula Angel? There was no record of where Angel was buried. Las Vegas had the dubious distinction of hanging her—the only woman ever to have been executed in either the Territory or State of New Mexico—not just once, but twice. It was a horrific affair: Angel survived the first attempt at hanging so the sentence was (successfully) carried out a second time.

In 1979, Dr. Myra Ellen Jenkins, New Mexico’s first State Historian, said she believed this cemetery was the lost potter’s field of Las Vegas and there would probably be no official record of it. Undoubtedly we’ll never know who was buried in the lost cemetery, but history provides many candidates. The Old West tales of those early days in Las Vegas contain many other accounts of outlaws, shoot-outs and hangings. After the first railroad arrived in 1879, shootings became commonplace. In one month alone 29 people were killed in and near Las Vegas. Some were described as having been buried in the potter’s field. Conceivably the lost cemetery was the same graveyard referred to in

books and unpublished papers connected with those events. Shortly after the partial excavation of the cemetery, the staff at Highlands University Anthropology Department learned the remaining graves had been destroyed. No one knew what happened or who was responsible. Perhaps those graves, with their skeletons and artifacts, were unearthed and crushed along with the gravel. Or perhaps grave robbers again took grim souvenirs from the unmarked burials.

Collar and tie found on one of the bodies. A fabrics expert described the collar as being “highly starched.”

Despite what many believe, not all cemeteries are revered, not all are for perpetuity, and not all are protected by law. Except for the initial accidental discovery, and the research that followed, the graves of the lost cemetery of Las Vegas would continue to be unknown today. The author adapted this article from her book, Outlaws and Outcasts: The Lost Cemetery of Las Vegas, New Mexico, available through www.amazon.com.

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Vecinos BY SHARON NIEDERMAN

hile retired Clayton high school teacher Terry Birdwell bears no resemblance to red-headed Thor, the hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder, the clang of hammer against anvil resounds daily from his workshop in the nearly deserted homesteading village of Seneca. Working at his coal-fired forge at temperatures over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, Birdwell fashions chuck wagon cooking equipment, branding irons, fireplace tools, custom design interior architectural elements, and historical reproductions. He gets calls for fireplace sets embellished with a brand; a corner wall is filled with all the brands he’s made. He makes spurs the traditional way, from a single piece of steel with no welding. He recently traveled to Gainesboro, Tennessee to deliver a gate for the cemetery where his ancestors are buried, and where he traces his ancestry to the 1700s. From this dirt–floored warehouse crammed with re-purposed, handmade tools—some made from diesel engines and others from Caterpillar tractors—and walls filled with practice pieces and design samples, he sends finished work from his T Diamond Forge all over the country—to Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, California, and North Carolina. One of his orders even went to the owner of a Bass Pro Shop. Recycling, he explains, is part of the tradition of blacksmithing. “In the old days, everything was re-melted down and re-used,” he says. He may start with a steel rod, heat it in the forge until the end glows red-hot, then takes it to the anvil and hammers it into the shape he wants. Patiently, he does this over and over, until what he sees in his imagination is translated into metal. “I want to live here,” says Birdwell, a resident of Union county for most of his life. He loves the open spaces afforded by the ranch he shares with his wife, Kelsie. The wind and isolation might not be to everyone’s taste, but this rancher deeply rooted to the land finds it suits him just fine. “There’s not many people who get to live in Seneca,” he says. Birdwell ran cattle most of his life, but he got droughted out a couple of years ago. Now, time freed from tending Angus translates to more time at the anvil. During the 25 years Birdwell taught high school business classes, he became one of the first in the state to offer classes in computers. Ironically,

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Terry Birdwell takes the iron to the wall. perhaps, he now is one of a select group no more than 20 professional blacksmiths working in New Mexico who keep the ancient tradition alive. “For cooking and wagon competitions, only technologies that were available in the 1880s are allowed,” he explains. “That means no gas or arc welding. Only hammered forge welding is acceptable, and the forge has got to be coal-fired.” These days, he is so busy creating at his forge, he rarely looks at a computer screen. Birdwell comes by his inclinations to craft handmade objects from both sides of his family. His father’s people came to Union county in 1921. “They thought they were going to a better place,” Birdwell says. “They believed the area was a farming paradise. They raised dry land corn and feed. My granddad was a good carpenter and he could do just about anything, which he did, since the farm stopped working.” Then, too, Birdwell spent a lot of time with his maternal grandparents. “My granddad on my mother’s side didn’t think he could farm without a forge,” he recalls. “It always fascinated me, the things he could do with that forge.” Years later, he followed that early apprenticeship by studying at Robb Gunter’s Forgery School in Tijeras. “I still call him often to bail me out of something I don’t know how to do,” he says. The lacy, interwoven flourishes he creates, with their hand-rubbed patina, are testimony to Birdwell’s love of the craft and his desire to push the boundaries of what he can do with red-hot malleable steel. “Most of the time customers leave the design to me,” he says. “I like to work at my own pace,” he says. “I want to stay slow.” He has no website; people find him mostly by word of mouth. “I’m a one-man shop. Somebody’s always waiting on something,” he says. “I guess that’s busy enough.”

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Drinking Water Storage Tanks, Heavy Duty Black Poly, proven algae resistant, 125 to 11,000 gallons, NRCS and EQUIP approved. Please give us a chance to serve you!! MasterCard/Visa. 575-682-2308, 1-800-603-8272. Tractor Parts: Save 15-50% on quality replacement parts for tractors. Large inventory for 8N and 9N Fords and TO20+TO30 Massey Fergusons. Valley Motor Supply, 1402 E. 2nd, Roswell, NM 88201. 575-622-7450. Solar Submersible Well Pumps. Easy to install, reliable, and affordable. Pumps and controller carry a two year warranty. Affordable installation is available. For more information visit www. solarwellpumpsonline.com or call 505-429-3093. 920 Case diesel tractor; 2 (7) yard dump trucks; 2 (20) F flat bed trailers; 1 gooseneck; 1 pull type; 246 International engine overhauled; 5.9 Cummins diesel engine, 100K miles, transmission and rear end. Chevrolet 350 engine, transmission, and rear end, 15K miles. 505617-4141 or 505-454-0781.

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Water Tank: 10, 000 gallon galvanized steel, potable, clean with manway. Suitable for subdivision, livestock, etc. $6,000. Will deliver. 575-756-4100. For Sale: Massey Ferguson 135 tractor. Ready to work. $4,000. Call 505-310-1482. For Sale: 100 lb. solid wrought iron anvil. Cottonwood stump for a stand. $150 for all. In good shape. Call 575-447-2987. Heavy Duty Brand New Tandem dual flatbed trailers: Pierced frame, low profile, torque tube, double jacks, tool box & more. 24,000# GVWR 28,´$8,350; 30,´ $8,500, center pop up & spare included! www.sandiatrailer.com or 1-800-8320603. Still buying your old, unused horse, stock, flatbed, enclosed trailers. Septic Tank Pumping, Call Marquez Excavating Septic Pumping & Installation. Tony: 505-670-7582, 505-757-2926 or Anthony: 505-913-0619. Serving Pecos, Glorieta, Rowe, Ilfield and Mora area. 37.5 KVA Onan Generator with John Deere diesel motor, $2,500. 1045 New Holland self propelled bale wagon, 80 bale cap, $5,600. 16 - 88 Singer walking foot sewing machine with clutch, motor and table, $500. Timesaver Speedbuilt 18” Sander model 18SB industrial belt sander, $1,200. Singer 31-15 sewing machine with clutch, motor and table, $500. Kubota 3,000 walt generator, $200. Oliver Cletrack tractor loader missing injector pump, $3,200. Call 505-3844128, Estancia, NM. Industrial Sewing Machines: Used Juki Serger, $600 or better offer. Consew Straight Stitching machine, hardly used, $900 or better offer. Must see. Call 505-470-5957.

Kohlhaas Galvanized H20 Tank On cradle/2 lids 2,600 gallons. Nneeds minor repair. Tijeras. $1,200 OBO. Call 505-281-3479. 70 Model John Deere Tractor. Propane, $2,500. Call 575-396-7716.

Livestock Round-Up Miniature Donkeys For Sale. Lots of fun. E-mail: donkeysfarm@yahoo.com or call 254-965-7224. New Mexico Drinking Water Storage Tanks, Heavy Duty Black Poly. Fittings customized to your needs NRCS and EQUIP approved. High Specific Gravity, heavy weight, Long Warranty, Algae Resistant, Black NRCS Water Tanks. 1-800-6038272, 575-682-2308. BUFFALO MEAT, GRASS-FED, ALL CUTS, USDA inspected. All natural (no hormones, antibiotics, chemicals) low cholesterol, heart-healthy, non-allergic, wholes. Skulls, Hides, By-products, Gift Certificates, 575-278-2316 Tom and Inge Bobek. For Sale: Miniature Cattle! beltbucklecattle.com Wanted: grazing lease for cattle! 505-384-1101. Thanks for advertising in enchantment! We certainly appreciate your business. NOT ALL WATER TANKS ARE CREATED EQUAL! Is Quality, Value and Longevity important to you? Buy High Specific Gravity, Heavy Weight, Long Warranty, Superior Black NRCS tanks. Notice: lowest prices only provide minimum standards, lower weights, and shorter warranties. Find out more! 575-430-1010.

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Haygrazer 4’x6’ Round Bales, Excellent quality, fine stemmed. Over 30 miles SE of Portales, $130 per ton or $70 per bale. Call 575-273-4220, 575-760-4223. Goats For Sale: 4 Does Nubian, LaMancha mix, 9 months. One buck purebred LaMancha, 1 year. Rodeo, NM. Call 575-557-2506.

Odds & Ends Coffins: Handcrafted Solid Wood from $680. Several models suitable for burial or cremation. Statewide delivery available. For a FREE catalog and funeral information booklet, please visit www.theoldpinebox. com or call 505-286-9410. Liquid Storage Tanks. Many sizes/shapes in stock. Agricultural, commercial, industrial, water. FDA specs. www.westerntank.com or 1-888-999-8265. Discounts to everyone! Delivery available. Affordable Caskets. For Immediate Delivery or pick up in northern NM. Prices start at $499. Call Dave 575-668-9009 or Cell: 505-652-0106 for your needs. Wool Yarn, Hand Spun. Natural browns & whites. Dyed colors, blends with Angora, Alpaca occasional. Available at VictoriasMountain-Yarns.com - Maple Winds Farm, Stanley. Cupid Calling! Pecos Pablo Sweetheart Gifts. Blue Ribbon capulin jelly, assorted jellies and jams, mountain wildflower honey, English Toffee, green chile piñon brittle, plus more Valentine sweet selections. pecospablo@hotmail.com or 505-603-2310. Wood Beams & Rough Cut Lumber 4 Sale in Costilla, New Mexico. Call the RCCLA @ 575-586-0542. Big orders, please give an advance notice. Other wood products also available. 21 ACRE PECAN FARM FOR sale, Las Cruces. 2 wells, Elephant Butte irrigation rights, $840,000. Call Sam @ 575-647-0320.

Roof Over Your Head I would like to purchase the Real Estate Contract, Mortgage or Deed of Trust for which you are receiving payments. Please call for fast pricing and quick closing. E-mail: pinonview@aol.com Barbara Baird, 1-800-458-9847. 4 acres farmland. Utilities include: well, septic system, and electricity. Steel metal garage/cement slab. Fenced. Irrigation rights. Fawn fesque grass with alfalfa mix. Contact Lisa, 505-699-1137. Property located in San Acacia, NM.

Beautiful Three Bedroom House In the mountains with view of Bluewater Lake. 1.5 acres, has own well. Propane and electric. Very private & quiet. 505-980-1004. For Sale: Mora Valley. Approximately 20 acres dry land and 15 acres mountains. Serious Inquiries Only. Contact Mike at 505-753-6338. Beautiful Mountain Land 5-10 Acre tracts. Heavily wooded, piñon, few pines, elk, deer. Great for recreation, four-wheeling, wood cutting, etc. Near Pine Hill, NM. Owner financed, 10% down. 575-6943175, 505-783-4422. Reserve, NM. Half acre with cabin. Borders Gila National Forest. Concrete slab, septic system, beautifully landscaped. Electricity and water to property line. Located at end of paved road. $39,000. 575-533-6274. 3.9 Acres at Lemita Just north of Socorro, $42,000. Mountain views, beautiful area, underground power, community water to property. Low down payments, low monthly payment. Owner/broker 575-430-0006. Gorgeous views, 3,000 sq. ft. home plus 6.7 acres, fenced, pastures, ancient water rights, barns, antiques and tractor. Call to see photos 805-402-4641 or to see actual property in Socorro County. Chama Valley. Ten Acres. Minutes from El Vado Lake with new private well, TERMS $34,000. One acre with scattered ponderosa pines near Chama Rive,r $24,000. Willow Way area off US84/285 west of Chama, 22.3 acres with power to lot and two new wildlife ponds, $125,000, TERMS. Call 505-249-4415. 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Part adobe house with modern windows. Located walking distance from school, 7 miles from electric field, on 1.10 acre with double garage and screened back porch, and outer storage buildings surrounded with 14 fruit trees. All of this is fenced. The house is partially furnished with refrigerator, 4 burner range, clothes washer and dryer. One bed, one hide a bed, 1 heater wood stove. Call 575-935-1841. Home For Sale On 50 acres, 8 miles northeast of Roy: 3 bed; 3 bath, 2,240 sq. ft; 662 sq. ft. attached, finished garage; 187 sq. ft. finished, separate studio; fully fenced, irrigated and gated orchard, gardens and yard; entire property is fenced. Asking $80,000. Seller financing available. Call 505-228-2485. 25 Treed Acres NE of Quemado, NM. Very private, borders state land. Great water well, telephone line within property, gorgeous unencumbered view of mountains. Partially fenced. $61K. Call 575-518-8224. Three Bedroom, Two bath on 40 acres, Portal. AZ. www.portalhomeforsale.com or 520-720-9547.

Farm • Industrial • Commercial 25 Year Warranty on Roof & Walls; Prices F.O.B. Mfg. Plants; Seal Stamped Blue Prints; Easy Bolt Together Design.

1,760+ deeded acres near I-40 between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari, NM. Excellent home, bunkhouse, shops, trucks, tractors and more. 3 windmills, submergibles, Turnkey operation. $600 per acre. Call 505-259-8079. Carrizozo: 5 flat acres with wonderful views on a county maintained road with city water. A 5 bedroom, 2 bath, livable fixer-upper only $41,000. Patsy Sanchez, Broker,Tierra Verde Properties. 575-6482326 or 575-491-0633. For Sale: Vigas, House Logs cut from standing, dead, dry Spruce. Up to 45 ft. Will custom cut. Forked Cedar posts for ramadas, corn drivers and cedar fence posts. Call 575-638-5619. Fort Sumner Site Built 2 bedroom, 1 bath home on 31+ acres just outside city limits. Electric, natural gas, well, septic, shop, garden, many beautiful trees. SE corner, US 54/60 and Billy the Kid with over 1,000’ frontage on each highway. Plenty of room for additional home sites and commercial businesses. $170,000 Stallard Real Estate 575-355-4454. Very Spacious 2,800 Sq. Ft. custom home on 45 acres (3 adjoining 25 acre lots available, all lots have power). $395,000 Catron county. 928-228-1655. Can be viewed on forsalebyowner.com listing number 23965144. Carrizozo: 5 Flat Acres With wonderful views, county maintained road with city water. Five bedroom, 2 bath, livable fixer-upper only $41,000. Patsy Sanchez, Broker - Tierra Verde Properties 575648-2326 or 575-491-0633.

Things That Go Vroom! Commercial meat saw, $1,200. 1975 Ford F-250 4WD, $2,000. 3,000 lb. scale, $2,500. 100 tin sheets 1’x30,’ $38 per sheet. 16’ gooseneck trailer, very nice, $900. 505-832-4228 (daytime), 505-8326914 (after 5:00 pm). Five Old Chevy Trucks For Sale: ‘49, ‘54, ‘55 First Series, two ‘58 Second Series. Different prices for the three I will sell. Serious inquiries only, please. Call 575343-2674. CASH ONLY DEAL when you pick up. Gallup area. 2007 Alfa Gold 5th Wheel, Model 35RLIK. Top of the line, three silide-outs, w/d, two refrigerators (one w/icemaker) generator, deep freeze, etc. $32,500 OBO. Consider trades. Call 505-660-2509.

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1991 FORD F-350 COMMERCIAL BOX TRUCK (8x8x12). 7.3 Diesel, automatic. Fresh oil and filter. All new tires. Ready to go anywhere. $3,500 cash.dDelogrande88318@ yahoo.com or 575-512-1185. Located in Corona, NM. 1966 Ford F-250 3/4 Ton rebuilt V-8 engine & transmission limited, slip differential. Good paint, newer tires, excellent condition. Call 575-544-0952.

Vintage Finds I buy Spanish Colonial spurs, stirrups, horse bits with jingles, weapons, etc. Also, old New Mexico handmade/carved furniture. Call 505-753-9886. Wanted: New Mexico Motorcycle License Plates 1900 - 1958. Paying $100 - $1,000 each. Also buying some New Mexico car plates 1900 - 1923. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804. We have some dandy old cupboards at Rough Rider Antiques in Las Vegas. Two are turquoise, one mustard yellow; one large blue and a traditional dark oak Hoosier. There’s more: a large oak Craftsman-style cabinet with three glass shelves and interior light. Medical cabinets: one red, one white; oil lamps, hall trees, trunks, mirrors, art, desks, chests of drawers, a few table and chair sets, and several pieces of Art Deco “waterfall” bedroom furniture, individually priced. New to the store: Regional books and rare book sets; custom-made silver rings and always more jewelry. A coral and sterling silver bracelet by Navajo artist Harrison Jim is stunning. Open daily at 501 Railroad and East Lincoln. Follow the signs to the Visitor’s Center. 505-454-8063. Buying Old Stuff: Gas pumps and parts 1960s or earlier, advertising signs, neon clocks, old car parts in original boxes, motor oil cans, license plate collections, Route 66 items, old metal road signs, odd and weird stuff. Fair prices paid. Have pickup, will travel. Gas Guy in Embudo, 505-852-2995.

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Wanted: New Mexico Highway Journal magazine, 1923 - 1927. Paying $10 $25 single issues, $400 - $800 bound volumes. Library discards OK. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 880520640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804. Railroad Items Wanted: Lanterns, locks, keys, badges, uniforms, dining car china, etc. Especially seeking items from early New Mexico railroads such as: AT&SF, D&RG, EP&NE, EP&SW, and C&S. Randy Dunson, 575-356-6919. Have a Happy Valentine's Day@ Wanted: New Mexico Automobile License Directory (“The Zia Book”), and Motor Vehicle Register books, 1900 - 1949. Library discards OK. Paying $75 $100 per volume. Bill Johnston, Box 640, Organ, NM 88052-0640. E-mail: NMhistory@totacc.com or telephone 575-382-7804. 1998 Chevrolet Rear Bumper Brand new, $250. Three rolls barbed wire 12-1/2 gauge, $40 each. One roll hog wire 12 gauge 39”x300,’ $85. Seventy Crown Royal sacks, $45. Fifteen 4”x6”x10’ Dry, Dagles Red Fir beams, $12 each. 5 ft. antique claw foot bath tub, perfect condition, $1,200. Call 575-758-2564 Taos, NM.

OVER THE YEARS, WE’VE SEEN THE USES FOR ELECTRICITY CHANGE. BUT ITS VALUE HASN’T. If you question the value of electricity, consider its role in your daily life. From the

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comforts and conveniences of home to the time-saving tools at work, electricity is vital to how we live. In 1952, Tri-State was formed as a consumer-owned power provider with the mission of delivering reliable, affordable electricity throughout the rural West. Today, we generate and transmit electricity to our 44-member co-ops who, in turn, serve more than 1.5 million people across a 200,000 square-mile territory. Collectively, we know

Rural Convenience Store with Package Liquor License, living quarters on 1.3 acres with 3 acre foot well. Borders Gila National Forest. FSBO. Call 575-533-6274.

we’re delivering more than electricity. We’re delivering quality of life.

Storage Units, McIntosh, New Mexico. Office and 98 units, 2.25 acres, Highway frontage w/room for additional business. Call 505-384-5163.

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Woodworking Business: 10 Year History, ready to be taken to the next level. Growing demand outpacing owner’s ability to keep up. Recession-proof product with few competitors. Top ranking website generates nationwide business. Currently home-based, can easily relocate. $168,000 + inventory. Info packet available to SERIOUSLY interested parties. 505-286-9410. Rick Muncy’s Leathers Custom Made saddles, rebuild and repair saddles and horse gear. Call 575-423-3267.

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I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. ~Author Unknown

Your Gift Of Love This Valentine's Dayâ&#x20AC;Ś Spring begins March 20. So, let's spring into action and draw colorful, refreshing bird houses for our feathered friends. Take a leap to your local library and check out a book on frogs. It's amazing the colors and types of frogs there are in nature. Maybe you'll see one in your favorite team color. So, for April, draw a big frog or two. Have a super, fun time!

Remember: Print your name, age, mailing address, phone number, and co-op name on your drawings. Otherwise, your drawings are disqualified. Remember: color, dark ink or pencil on plain white 8.50 x 11.00 size paper is best. Mail to: Youth Editor, 614 Don Gaspar Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87505. Entries must be here by the 9th of the month before publication. Each published artist receives $10 for his or her work.

Charlene Alaniz, Age 12, Estancia

Kari Baker, Age 13, Portales

Luke Bogle, Age 7, Dexter

Diego Caraveo, Age 7, Questa

Evony Chino, Age 12, Grants

Sandy Duran, Age 11, San Ildefonso Pueblo

Michael Gonzales, Age 6, Cuba

Destiny Vigil, Age 11, Chimayo

Hakota Endito, Age 7, Thoreau

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