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Areas of Interest Near River Ranches New Mexico
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Fort Sumner
This sparkling blue lake with a rocky shoreline and gently rolling hillsides of juniper provides a refreshing change from the flat grasslands of New Mexico's eastern plains. Sumner Lake State Park offers fishing for a variety of species including, bass, crappie and channel catfish, and...more
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Pecos River
This sparkling blue lake with a rocky shoreline and gently rolling hillsides of juniper provides a refreshing change from the flat grasslands of New Mexico's eastern plains. Sumner Lake State Park offers fishing for a variety of species including, bass, crappie and channel catfish, and...Like the Rio Grande, the Pecos River flows mostly southward across New Mexico. Unlike the Rio Grande, it rises within the borders of the state, having its headwaters... more |
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Fly Fishing Connection
The Pecos River originates high up in the Pecos Wilderness Area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains just north of Santa Fe, NM. A handful of tiny streams loaded with small browns, cut-bows and cutthroats flow into the Pecos above Cowles. Below Cowles the stream becomes a small-medium river ranging between 10-25 feet wide as it tumbles into the Pecos Box, one of two canyons stretches....
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Fort Sumner Chamber of Commerce
It's a friendly western village where you can take a pleasant stroll along the historic Pecos River, or take your kids to the grave of outlaw Billy the Kid. Instead of crime, you'll find the World's Richest Tombstone Race. And wherever you go you'll be greeted with a wave and a smile....
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Roadside America
Billy The Kid was killed in Ft. Sumner back in 1881, and today it is the only reason anyone makes the trip. The road south from Santa Rosa, NM, is unmarred by other towns or highway patrol, and soon enough, the signs for Ft. Sumner's main attraction appear....
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ENMR•PLATEAU
Ft. Sumner has successfully combined the legends of the late 19th century with the vision of the 21st century. The legendary outlaw Billy the Kid sought refuge from the long arm of the law in Old Fort Sumner, only to meet his demise there at the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett. Today, Western enthusiasts from around the world flock to the village nestled along the Pecos River to view the final resting place of the "Kid".... more |
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New Mexico Monuments
The New Mexico State Monument system was established on March 14, 1931 by an Act for the Preservation of the Scientific Resources of New Mexico. Currently, six monuments are active and open to the public. These include Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner, Coronado, El Camino Real International Heritage Center, Fort Selden, Jemez and Lincoln...
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Legends of America
On October 31, 1862, Congress authorized the establishment of the military Fort Sumner at Bosque Redondo, to protect a new Indian Reservation on a pace forty miles square. The post was named for General Edwin Vose Sumner who died as the new fort was being built....
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