Jardin de Mesquite Mural

Directing artist Ken Wolverton and a team of Court Youth Center artists (contracted by a committee composed of Las Esperanzas members) produced the Jardin de Mesquite mural, in honor of the historic Las Cruces neighborhood. Eight vibrant colored ceramic tile ...

La Luz, New Mexico

The small village of La Luz, New Mexico ranks as one of the oldest Spanish settlements in the Tularosa Basin. Jose Manuel Gutierrez led the settlers to this area around 1860, and their traces of life still remain. Conflicting stories ...

Hatch, New Mexico

Hatch, New Mexico began as many other New Mexican towns, as a small settlement of farmers near water, the Rio Grande River in 1851. Only a short few years later, in 1853, nearby Apache Indian tribes raided the town, driving ...

Acadian Village

The Acadian Village contains original and recreated buildings of 19th century Cajun life. Seven of the buildings in the Acadian Village, including the Bernard and Billeaud houses, are original structures, dating from 1800 on. Inside the houses and businesses are ...

Phillips Chapel CME Church

In 1911, the Las Cruces African American community constructed Phillips Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church. The adobe church has provided a place for worship and functioned as a community center since then. When the New Mexico legislature passed segregation ...

Dripping Springs Natural Area

In the late nineteenth century, Colonel Eugene Van Patten, a former confederate soldier, homesteaded property in the Organ Mountains above Las Cruces, New Mexico. He built a two-story 14-room stone resort, complete with dining room and a concert hall. Originally ...

General Grant National Memorial (Grant's Tomb)

Commonly referred to as Grant's Tomb, the General Grant National Memorial is a National Park Service administered monument in Upper Manhattan. The memorial's mausoleum is the resting place of General Ulysses S. Grant and his wife, Julia.

General Grant served ...

Alamogordo Federal Building

Near the main intersection of Alamogordo, at Tenth and White Sands Blvd, one of New Mexico's greatest cultural treasures awaits.

Twentieth century native New Mexican artist Peter Hurd was commissioned to paint the frescoes which adorn the building. The architect, ...

Colonial Quarter

Originally opened as an attraction in 1963, the Colonial Quarter has been revamped and is once again a staple of the local tourist itinerary. Through living interpreters, historical immersion ,and recreated buildings, the outdoor museum brings history to life. Entertainment ...

Charlestown Navy Yard

Established in 1800, the Charlestown Navy Yard served the American fleet throughout each of the nation’s wars until it’s closing in 1974. During this period, the navy yard produced more than two hundred warships and repaired thousands. From its inception ...