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  "Long referred to, tongue in cheek, as 'New Mexico's second-largest city,' Elephant Butte, the community adjacent to Elephant Butte Lake State Park, recently became New Mexico's newest city." From the August 1998 edition of New Mexico Business Journal. Want all the info straight from the elephant's mouth? Check out the Elephant Butte Chamber of Commerce website. The second half of this article titled Truth or Consequences / Elephant Butte - Oasis in the Desert is about the city of Elephant Butte. From Southern New Mexico Online. Enjoy the nature, history, and culture of southwest New Mexico - but don't disturb the natural, historical, and cultural sites. Do not remove, destroy, or deface anything on any site; strict laws protect artifacts on State, Federal, Indian, and private lands. Buying, selling, trading, or transporting these stolen items is also illegal. Please report looting and vandalism to federal land management authorities or the local sheriff. Hide all traces of your travels as the Apache hid their passing so these wildlands may remain unspoiled, the historical sites may remain true to their history, and the developed sites may remain clean and pleasant. Thank you. | ||
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 All the basic pertinent info about Elephant Butte Lake from New Mexico's Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. Two pages from the Sierra County Chamber of Commerce provide photos, history, and information about the lake generally, and the park specifically. The National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads website provides good, solid information about the lake and the park. The best way to access the info is to go to their home page and navigate to the Geronimo Trail Section. If you really want, you can go directly to their page about the park and the associated Visitor Services link from there. Without going through their home page, however, the links on these pages will not work. Two attractive pages about the park and its attractions are provided by Lakeside RV Park. Elephant Butte is an artificial lake. How does one make a big fake lake? With a real big dam. Read interesting facts here! If that link whetted your appetite for more dam facts, you're in luck. This page is brought to you by the concrete dam geeks at the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. "Hi, how's the weather? It's snowing? Oh, too bad. We just got back from the lake!" This article titled Winter at Elephant Butte Lake - Birds, Boats, and Beauty gently tweaks the northerners. From Southern New Mexico Online. Half-a-dozen photos of the lake are shared at this page. "There is water in the desert after all... Elephant Butte Lake shimmers under the desert sun... in shades of pale turquoise, royal blue, and jade." Photos 11 through 16 are of Elephant Butte Lake, courtesy the New Mexico Film Office. Enjoy the nature, history, and culture of southwest New Mexico - but don't disturb the natural, historical, and cultural sites. Do not remove, destroy, or deface anything on any site; strict laws protect artifacts on State, Federal, Indian, and private lands. Buying, selling, trading, or transporting these stolen items is also illegal. Please report looting and vandalism to federal land management authorities or the local sheriff. Hide all traces of your travels as the Apache hid their passing so these wildlands may remain unspoiled, the historical sites may remain true to their history, and the developed sites may remain clean and pleasant. Thank you. | ||
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 An Engle page with a little history, one photo, and - if you're using one of the newer browsers - some banjo-pickin' that gets just plain agonizing after a while. From www.ghosttowns.com. If the banjo is making you feel like you're in hillbilly hell, click on over to this page from the Sierra County Chamber of Commerce, which also has only one photo (but a different one), an extra paragraph of text that's otherwise identical, and no banjo. The Camino Real and the Jornada del Muerto... "four hundred years of migration", and "90 miles of hell" respectively. The Jornada del Muerto is a parched stretch of the Camino Real - the royal road from Mexico City to Santa Fe. And Engle is right there in the middle of 'em both. These articles are from Southern New Mexico Online. Remember that "ghost town" doesn't necessarily mean "uninhabited." Respect the residents in these little communities while you enjoy the area's history and scenery. Please have a look at these Ghost Town Guidelines from New Mexico Ghost Towns... and Other Little-Known Places. Enjoy the nature, history, and culture of southwest New Mexico - but don't disturb the natural, historical, and cultural sites. Do not remove, destroy, or deface anything on any site; strict laws protect artifacts on State, Federal, Indian, and private lands. Buying, selling, trading, or transporting these stolen items is also illegal. Please report looting and vandalism to federal land management authorities or the local sheriff. Hide all traces of your travels as the Apache hid their passing so these wildlands may remain unspoiled, the historical sites may remain true to their history, and the developed sites may remain clean and pleasant. Thank you. | ||
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