Estancia Valley "About them rolled the prairie—mile upon mile of it in all directions—flat, and yet tawny from the frost of the past winter. Far to the west they could see the peaks of the Manzano Mountains, north lay the Pedernal Hills, south the long range of the…
Salineros in the Estancia Valley; "Late in the fall when all the crops were in, her father and five or six, sometimes more, men in the neighborhood would go in their wagons to the salinas (salt lakes). . . ." Chana does not know where these salinas were, but…
San Augustine Pass “At last the pavement merged into a new four-lane highway that soon was lifting in a long, easy curve into San Augustine Pass. Sarah spared as much attention as she dared to the stone spires and cliffs that formed the Organ Mountains. There were breathtaking…
