Blogs from Tularosa, New Mexico, United States, North America

THREE RIVERS Bronco Sue Yonkers wasn’t the only girl who made her mark on the country around Tularosa and White Okies. Susan Hummer was born on December 30, 1845 in Gettysburg, PA. She would have been 18 years old when the horrors of battle struck that little town and perhaps was a witness to it. If so, the Battle of Gettysburg was not the only battle she saw. In 1873 she married a lawyer named Alexander McSween. The happy couple moved to Lincoln, NM in 1875 and Alexander McSween went to work for the Murphy/Dolan Company. The Company as it was simply called held monopolistic control over most of the commercial ventures in Lincoln County. Some of The Company property was mortgaged to members of the notoriously corrupt Santa Fe Ring and the ring ... read more

As Anne said, "They remembered to push the button on the GPS locator unit today!" Official location and note: We've just landed and everything is okay. It's Miller time! ESN:0-7366219 Latitude:35.1815 Longitude:-103.6094 Time:05/09/2008 15:26:16 (US/Eastern) Day began with happy early rising all around in Weatherford Oklahoma. Today's intention was to get as far as Page AZ. Man Plans, God Laughs. What happened? Oh, about 30 knots headwind. Groundspeed was, um, discouraging; some cars passed at least one of the planes, and everyone took a continuous beating from turbulence for about two hours before landing at what was our planned gas stop. Landing was a real challenge. After everyone was safely down, the pilots convened, and decided there was no way we were going to try to take off. The worsening AIRMET finally convinced us to call ... read more