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El Defensor Chieftain 2019 DISCOVER SOCORRO AND SURROUNDING AREAS CITY OF SOCORRO RODEO ARENA & SPORTS COMPLEX NEW MEXICO TECH TRINITY SITE BOSQUE DEL APACHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE VERY LARGE ARRAY SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SAN MIGUEL MISSION HISTORIC MAGDALENA MAGDALENA RIDGE OBSERvaTORY ENCHANTED SKIES HISTORICAL MUSEUMS OUTDOOR ADVENTURES LIVE MUSIC • ART GALLERIES DISCOVER SOCORRO 2019 Now Open in Magdalena! 575-854-2265 575.835.1550 www.socorrobanking.com WeW llcomeco To Socorro Please visit us online 575.835.1120 www.socorroinsurance.com 1439321-01 El Defensor Chieftain El Defensor Chieftain Cover Design by Pat Chavez 2019 DISCOVER Cover Photograph by Colleen Gino SOCORRO AND SURROUNDING AREAS Discover Socorro is a CITY OF SOCORRO RODEO ARENA & SPORTS COMPLEX copyrighted publication NEW MEXICO TECH of El Defensor Chieftain, TRINITY SITE BOSQUE DEL APACHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE a part of Number Nine Media. VERY LARGE ARRAY SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SAN MIGUEL MISSION HISTORIC MAGDALENA MAGDALENA RIDGE OBSERvaTORY El Defensor ENCHANTED SKIES HISTORICAL MUSEUMS OUTDOOR ADVENTURES SOCORRO VISITOR’S GUIDE LIVE MUSIC • ART GALLERIES Chieftain © 2019, El Defensor Chieftain John Larson | El Defensor Chieftain Wanda Moeller Publisher/Editor [email protected] Table of Contents John Larson, Senior Staff Writer DISCOVER SOCORRO Welcome to Socorro 4-7 [email protected] A Rich History 12-14 Catron County 46 Greg Byrd, Sports Editor Magdalena 8-9 [email protected] Socorro County Communities 17,36,37 Alamo Navajo Reservation 42 Stephanie McFadden, Advertising Sales [email protected] HERITAGE San Miguel Mission 15 Salinas Pueblo Missions 40 Denise Ortega, Customer Service Expert Hammel Museum 35 [email protected] Fort Craig 32 Geronimo Springs Museum 40 Ghost Town of Kelly 38 OUTDOOR RECREATION City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex 22-23 Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge 26-29 Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge 30 Outdoor Adventures 44-45 New Mexico Tech Golf Course 21 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Performing Arts Series 21 Art Galleries 43 Live Music 41 Garcia Opera House 33 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Contact us at Mineral Museum 20 200 Winkler St., Socorro NM 87801 New Mexico Tech 18 Very Large Array 17 Telephone: 575-835-0520 3 Fax: 575-835-1837 Trinity Site 31 www.dchieftain.com Exploring Dark Skies 39 DISCOVER SOCORRO 2019 John Larson | El Defensor Chieftain FINE ART GALLERY vertuExcellence In Southwestern Fine Art ™ Easy To Find On Socorro’s Historic Plaza Featuring Nationally-known Local Artists Offering Contemporary Southwest Art, Sculpture, Jewelry Melody Sears Linda Giesen Sharon Fullingim pastels hand-woven tapestries bronze, limestone Skeeter Leard Georgette Evans Grey pastels, acrylics watercolors [email protected] 575-835-4487 www.vertuarts.com Selling Fine Art, Note Cards, and Gifts Online Since 1996 0001439278-01 1439406-01 El Defensor Chieftain Adventure begins in Socorro County elcome to Socorro of 800, the rodeo arena has a full County, known schedule of events this year. for its friendly Many community events are Wspirit, incred- centered at the plaza, including the ible bird watching opportunities, community music parties such as world-class science and technology SocorroFest, car shows, the annual developments, fascinating cultural Christmas luminaria arts stroll, sev- attractions and year-round outdoor eral parade routes and the Socorro SOCORRO VISITOR’S GUIDE recreation. From the mountains, to County Farmer’s Market. the desert, to the river valley — a Looking west, one finds a history diverse landscape offers everyone of mining and ranching as well as something to love. modern technological marvels. Socorro is a close-knit but wel- Visitors return to Magdalena each coming community. People here are year to celebrate the village’s glory never in too much of a hurry to stop days as a cattle railhead, just a few and chat for a moment, and always miles away on a 10,600-foot ridge have a smile and a wave – even for Photo submitted| El Defensor Chieftain in the Magdalena Mountains stands those they don’t know. Some fami- a state-of-the-art, rapid-response lies have been here for hundreds of ies, a historic mission church and 2.4-meter optical telescope — the years and some for only a few, but government buildings — bringing a Magdalena Ridge Observatory. The they all are willing to stop and lis- focus to the area rarely found in the MRO is joined on South Baldy by world today. ten. the Magdalena Ridge Observatory 5 The city boasts an active village It is now home to a new rodeo Interferometer, which will eventually plaza surrounded by shops, eater- arena at the City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex. With seating n See Adventure Page 6 Located in the heart Casey’s of Reserve, NM SOCORRORVPARK The Frisco Lodging co. Spacious Rooms Questions? Want to make a Family owned We offer spacious rooms and reservation? southwestern suites that are designed to fit gift shop featuring anyone’s budget and taste. Call our 24 hour reservations avariety of Navajo line at 575.533.6600 RV Park jewelry, Mexican imports,pottery, souvenirs Have an RV or trailer? Parkit www.FriscoLodgingNM.com and hunting and fishing with us, stay in your own home supplies. BOOK YOUR away from home. 4732 Main St, Reserve, NM 87830 RESERVATION TODAY In alushsetting just offof 888-674-2234 Highway 180, we are surrounded 1101 StateRoad 1SWSocorro, NM 87101 by abeautiful meadow featuring 575-835-2234 four spring-fed ponds. -30amp and limited 50 amp service -Limited availabilityfor cable TheHiddenSprings Innisjust -Dump Station 7miles from theVillage of -FreeWi-Fi -Pets allowed Reserve, and 21 miles from the HAROLD’S SouthwesternGifts -Discounts offered -Call formore Arizona/New Mexicostate line. 714 Old US Hwy 85, Socorro, NM 87801 information Reservations canbemade Monday -Friday8:30 -6:00 pm throughour system online or Sat8:30 -3:00 pm by calling 575-533-6146. Sun -Closed www.thehiddenspringsinn.com 1439226-01 0001440355-01 DISCOVER SOCORRO 2019 Adventure from PAGE 5 combine 10 smaller domed telescopes. to attend the annual Festival of the When complete, the 10 telescopes of Cranes at Bosque del Apache National MROI will be arrayed in a Y-shape Wildlife Refuge. Sevilleta National and is expected to achieve a resolu- Wildlife Refuge also provides many tion 100 times greater than the Hubble birding and wildlife opportunities. Telescope on distant objects. Hundreds more come to visit ruins A few more miles west on the of the 165-year-old Fort Craig, one Plains of San Agustin lies the impres- of the most important Civil War-era sive National Radio Astronomy Union forts in the West. Observatory’s Karl P. Jansky Very Socorro is a place to get away from Large Array. The self-guided tour and the big city hustle yet still participate gift shop is popular with visitors. in a variety of community activities While much of the county is — everything is here. Whatever your rural, it also plays host to one of the mood, there is a place in the county to nation’s premier research universities, John Larson | El Defensor Chieftain satisfy your hankering. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Whether you feel like hiking in the golfers of all levels. Technology. mountains or sitting in a tavern listen- Flowing through the heart of The campus is also home to the ing to the blues, we have it. You can Socorro County, the Rio Grande is the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and go places to hang out with people, to center of the agricultural community Mineral Resources, where a state-of- enrich your mind or be alone with and also affords numerous opportuni- the-art mineral museum attracts visi- nature. It’s a free and open county, ties for nature lovers to explore unique tors from around the world. But sci- uncrowded and friendly. environments. Tens of thousands of ence and technology are not the only We offer this guide as a gateway to visitors come to see the two wild- draws to the New Mexico Tech cam- your Socorro County adventure. pus; the 18-hole golf course attracts life refuges in the county — many Rito Quemado C-Store Old west ambiance paired with five star cowboy cuisine, brought to you by Award-Winning Executive chef Thomas Jackson El Rito Quemado “Come out to the Ranch!” 1/4FuPageelVertic•Ial ce •Gifts BuSnacksild •Coffee Beer •Liquor Hwy60 1123 NW Frontage Rd Quemado, NM Socorro, NM 87801 Wine 575.773.4664 575-838-5225 www.jacksonranchsteakhouse.com 1439520-01 El Defensor Chieftain SOCORRO VISITOR’S GUIDE 7 John Larson | El Defensor Chieftain NewMexico Tech OLDSAN MIGUEL Performing Arts Series MISSION Oneofthe oldestCatholicChurches in theUnitedStates —founded 1598 MissionStatement: We strive to bringpeopleclosertoGod Church builtbetween 1615-1621 403ElCaminoReal Socorro,NM87801 Phone:(575) 835-2891 Fax: (575)835-1620 Email: [email protected] www.sdc.org/~smiguel/ 1439511-01 nmtpas.org facebook.com/NMTPAS (575)835-5688 DISCOVER SOCORRO 2019 Photo submitted | El Defensor Chieftain Magdalena: A bustling Old West Town he combination of a grow- frontier families that lived in the area. ing art scene, star gazing Cattle rustling, shootouts on Main events and western culture Street and barroom brawls are part of Tare making Magdalena a the town’s legendary history. In fact, destination spot for visitors. Several WS Ranch manager Capt. William fine art galleries in this mountain vil- French relates that Butch Cassidy and lage bring art lovers back every year. the Sundance Kid once worked at La Posada Art Gallery and Gifts on least one cattle drive into Magdalena, First Street and Hills Snyder’s “kind saying they were two of most well- of a small array” on North Main are behaved cowboys he knew. the newest additions to Magdalena’s Nicknamed “Trail’s End,” burgeoning art community, which Magdalena was the destination for includes Warehouse 110 on North cattle drives on the “Hoof Highway.” Main, Blue Canyon Gallery on The Stock Driveway was the route Highway 60, and Village Press Print used by ranchers and cowboys to Studio, which also houses an espres- drive cattle and sheep from as far so/cappuccino bar, at 500 First Street.