Tag: New Mexico

Signs of America: Welcome to Roswell

Roswell, a city located in southeast New Mexico, has a unique place in American history due to an intriguing event that occurred there in 1947. The history of Roswell is inextricably linked with unidentified flying objects (UFOs). The incident, commonly referred to as the Roswell UFO Incident, became one of the most famous and publicized …

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Wonders, Soda Fountains, Hot Springs, and Kitsch on Route 66

Some of the best places to see on the long Rt. 66 stretch between Tulsa and Los Angeles This summer my daughter, her boyfriend, and I took our longest Route 66 road trip yet: from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Los Angeles, California, tracing the route that many Oklahomans took in the ’30’s, as fictionalized in The …

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