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New Mexico

Route 66 and the Land of Enchantment
ByFrans Lambrechtsen June 25, 2019October 10, 2020

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This post is about a legend. Well, part of a legend. It’s about Route 66, the Mother Road. But it’s about the part of Route 66 that passes (or passed) through New Mexico. To cover all of Route 66 could be a book. In fact, it is. There are many good books about getting your…

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Colorado

What brought so many white settlers to Colorado?
ByFrans Lambrechtsen May 19, 2019October 10, 2020

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What brought so many white settlers to the mountains of Colorado? It’s mainly one word: Gold. The area of North America that we now call Colorado is old. If you’re in the Denver area, the evidence of that is easy to see. Look west and what do you see? Mountains. Not just any mountains, but…

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Arizona

Who was Geronimo and why was he famous?
ByFrans Lambrechtsen April 28, 2019March 17, 2021

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Who was Geronimo? Geronimo was born in June 16, 1829, near Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico (about 200 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona). He was the grandson of Mahko, a chief of the Bedonkohe band of the Apache people. The name given to him at birth was: Goyaale. That name meant: “the one who yawns.” Like most…

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