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Here is a New Mexico story. While not written down, many Outlaws in New Mexico had rules they followed back in the 1800s. Yes, rules of what to do and not do. Not written down other than writers of that era put them in stories. Eugene Rhodes, in several of his novels, wrote about these rules. Let me tell you some New Mexico outlaw rules that are even good rules today.

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By some estimates there are 150 thousand miles of paved roads in New Mexico and at least 25,000 miles of dirt roads. I grew up early in life firmly on New Mexico dirt roads. While I knew what pavement was, the family ranch south of Carrizozo was miles of bumpy dirt roads. Let’s talk about New Mexico dirt roads before paving and the changes that occurred

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Every year come that magical moment when we say, “Yippee, it is Hatch Valley chile harvest time.” The roasters at The Fresh Chile Company are roasting away at the daily harvest from the Hatch Valley growing fields which are picked, loaded and brought to the Fresh Chile Company production facility in Las Cruces. That wonderful smell is in the air and the taste is great.

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This seems odd; it might even change how you look at agricultural research. Over 110 years, thousands of agricultural researchers have worked each year on making New Mexico chile better. Not the best, but better each year. Fabian Garcia who is known as the father of New Mexico agriculture in chile, onions, pecans concentrated on making each crop better every year.

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The use of New Mexico chile has changed over the years. This year is trend is a blend of a taste sensation. The Fresh Chile Company has blends like Hatch grown red chile in ketchup which they call Hatchup. Everyone knows the various varieties of Hatch Valley grown green and red chile are individually wonderful. Here is something new:  to blend the red and green chile of a variety. Green Big Jim with Red Big Jim. The new Trend ...

Whether you were rich or poor living in Southern New Mexico in 1912, it was very different to today in areas including red and green chile. Let’s explore the way life was 114 years ago here in the Land of Enchantment. In fact, that was when the slogan Land of Enchantment was written but there was more to it so New Mexico must have been enchanting even back then.

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New Mexico, over the years has been a good place to make movies. Did you know that the very first film shot in New Mexico and released to the public was in 1898? That was before Hollywood and I’ll talk about that production. This last year the New Mexico Film Office talked about 35 projects in New Mexico. We are ground zero for some great films.

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It is a new year and I want to talk about innovation in New Mexico green and red chile, especially the chile that is grown in the Hatch Valley of Southern New Mexico. That is Hatch chile for where it is grown. Over the last few years chile as a commercial crop has had lots of innovations. There are more innovations to come on top of these incredible chile innovations.

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Let’s talk chile. YUM. Specifically, Hatch Valley grown green and red chile. Over the last 110 years the commercially produced chile peppers are an incredible addition to culinary habits of Americans. People then wouldn’t recognize what we have now. They would approve what we have done with Hatch Valley Red and Green chile. It is a huge change in chile enjoyment.

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Here are some more New Mexico stories tied together with it happened in New Mexico. I will talk about things you notice when driving and some railroad and chile stories. Many things that happen in New Mexico are not unique but are typical of this Land of Enchantment. Here is a bit of potpourri of New Mexico. Get your chips and Fresh Chile Company Salsa and enjoy.

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 In writing New Mexico stories, some have been odd. Use of fertilizer by the Aggie football team, or White Sands rockets go missing. A New Mexico governor who traveled with a casket and needed it. Oh, in 1957 an Airforce bomber dropped a Hydrogen bomb on Albuquerque. Didn’t go off. Stay turned for some of the odd things that have happened in New Mexico. 

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On this American Veterans Day, the men and women of New Mexico have served in times of war and peace. Someone gives up their time to serve the nation. For each whether it is an enlistment of two-year, four-year, six-year or they serve until retirement, America is made stronger. Likewise, every day that someone serves, their loved ones in effect serve also.

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The official New Mexico mammal like six other states is the black bear with a population of six thousand bears. We even had Smokey Bear, a three-month-old cub found after a fire near Capitan. But I would like a different state mammal, one that brings in lots of money. I’d like bats as the state mammal. One place has 400k bats which 400k tourists come to see yearly. Let's talk about Carlsbad Cavern bats.

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One of the things visitors to New Mexico notice is some of the unusual names of our towns. Candy Kitchen, Coyote, Eureka, Arroya Seco, Mosquero, Abiquiu, Galisteo, Tucumcari, Carrizozo, Pie Town and the most unusual Truth or Consequences. Yep, very unusual and typically New Mexican. Let me tell you about a few New Mexico towns including Bug Scuffle, New Mexico.

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In the Old West, especially New Mexico there was incredible dining with the Fred Harvey Company which ran the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels connected to the railroads. Founded in 1876, it served people traveling on trains and train towns. A side of the business made a huge change in New Mexico. Waitresses were imported and then became wives. Fred Harvey changed New Mexico.

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If you are new to New Mexico I want to take you on a small short but interesting tour of the Land of Enchantment. New Mexico is the 47th state in the union and is the 5th largest state in the Union. It has just over 2 million residents. If it was treated like the New England states, you could get four or five states out of the land area of New Mexico. It is all good and here is a 15 minute tour of New Mexico.

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New Mexico chile, that wonderful, tasty pepper, became a commercial crop a hundred years ago. Before that it was a prized delicious garden vegetable. Most often red chile was dried and used. Fabián García, started a shift to the common use of chile that hit the markets about 1918 and then by 1950 other researchers really increased the appeal of chile beyond a seasoning to a food in and of itself. Dr. Roy Nakayama is best known for ...

Today I am talking about a fascinating New Mexican, Ed Adams of the fabled legend of the Lost Adams Diggings. I talked about lost gold a couple weeks ago and several people wanted more stories. Here is a story based on true events. Treasure hunters have felt they were just one lucky moment away from incredible riches hidden by a few inches of dirt in a canyon. Perhaps.

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Fabián García is often given the title, The founder of New Mexico Commercial Food Production. While we think of him on Chiles Peppers, he was instrumental on Pecans, Onions, Alfalfa, and Cotton. There are a couple buildings named for him on the NMSU campus and the Fabián García Agricultural Research Center. What about Fabián García’s legacy. Stay tuned. 

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