The Old West in New Mexico (1of3)
February 26, 2009 by admin
A colorful history lesson about frontier New Mexico’s unofficial town hall — the saloon. This film travels back in time to profile three of New Mexico’s most famous watering holes and the historical events that took place around and within them. The events that unfold help us better understand the history of New Mexico. We learn of mining, apache wars and melodrama at the Buckhorn in Pinos Altos. We also learn about the Wild West gunfights that occurred at the infamous St. James Hotel in Cimarron and stories of the Mexican revolution featuring Benito Juarez’s dramatic speech at the Double Eagle in Mesilla as he rallied Mexican exiles to join him in fighting for independence.
Originally broadcast on New Mexico PBS station KNME.
Duration : 0:6:30
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The area around …
The area around Buckhorn, NM is pretty woolly. I worked on ranches in the area all thru the 1980′s. Lots of bear, elk and incorrigibles. I was told Geronimo got into quite a few gunfights in the area. Beautiful country…
Thanks for making …
Thanks for making this video. My parents lived down the road from the St. James Hotel around 1948-1950. Jim and Janie Hahn were friends of the family. They knew a lot of history about the area.