Chama, New Mexico

Chama, New Mexico is located near the Colorado border at an elevation of 7,850 feet.

In the winter of 1880, the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad company built the Toltec and Cumbres Scenic Railroad as the first route of rail ...

Frenchman Flat

As part of the Nevada Test Site, Frenchman Flat played a vital role in the development and maintenance of the Cold War nuclear arsenal.

Located in the desert sixty-five miles northwest of Las Vegas, the Flat was a test site for ...

Los Alamos, NM

35 miles north of Sante Fe, adjacent to the caldera of an exploded volcano on the Pajarito plateau, lies one of the most significant towns in American history.

Los Alamos, also called the Atomic City, Site "Y", and "the city ...

Ghost Ranch

Ghost Ranch, a Presbyterian education and retreat center near Abiquiu, New Mexico, received its eerie name from the many legends of ghosts and hangings that permeate the area's history. In the mid 18th Century, the King of Spain gave Pedro ...

Gasbuggy Nuclear Oil Test Site

The Gasbuggy Nuclear Oil Test site is the location of the first jointly sponsored nuclear explosion by government and industry. Located in Carson National Forest in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, a plaque now marks the site to memorialize the ...

Tierra Amarilla

The natives of Tierra Amarilla, a small ranch community in the Chama River Valley of northern New Mexico, are descended from Pueblo Indians and seventeenth century Spanish colonizers. Though isolated for much of its history, Tierra Amarilla has a long ...

Cumbres and Toltec Narrow Gauge Scenic Railroad

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, which runs from Chama, New Mexico, to Antonito, Colorado, is one of the few remaining narrow gauge railroads in the United States. Built in the early 1880s by the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, ...

Half Dome

Located in California's historical and naturally significant Yosemite National Park, Half Dome is one of the most recognizable and well known geological features in America. Prominently rising above the Yosemite Valley, Half Dome's unique and distinguishable shape is a result ...

Coal-fired Plant, Page, AZ

Located on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Page, Arizona, the Navajo Generating Station began the production of electricity in 1974 for the regions of Arizona, Nevada, and California.

Fueled by coal from the Peabody Western Coal Company's Kayenta Mine in ...

Navajo Nation

According to the 1868 U.S.-Navajo Treaty, the Navajo Nation comprises 27,000 square miles of reservation branching into the states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. The area is larger than ten of the fifty states in America, and today contains ...