WESTERN GATEWAYS
September 1969
Native American Indian Ceremonies and Aztec Ruins - Valley of Fires

A delightful vintage magazine for a look into history

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Table of Contents:

• Ten Living Missions - Phyllis W. Heald -
  Many of the old Spanish missions have fallen into crumbles of ruins. Ten new Mexico missions close to Albuquerque remain and their duties are nearly the same as when dedicated.
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• Aztec Ruins - by S. M. Taylor -
  Metates, manos, pottery and bark or reed mat were found in an Aztec Ruin burial. A reconstruction of a kiva shows evidence of ancient Chaco culture with its fie pit and oblong pits that some believe were resonatos for ceremonial drums..
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• Tyrone - - Glamour Girl of the Ghosts - by Bob Hyatt -
  In the Little Burro Mountains of southwestern New Mexico, the city of Tyrone is a product of a woman's dream, an architect's dedication, and a mining company's indulgence in a whim..
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• Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge - by Pearl Baker -
  TThe Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge laying in the Rio Grande Valley 20 miles south of Socorro, New Mexico comprises 57,191 acres.
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• Valley of Fires - by Marty Arnold -
  It is a lava flow, called locally the Carrizozo Malpais, 44 miles long and from one-half to five mils wide, flowing down the Tularosa Basin in south Central new Mexico. .
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• Recreation on Indian Lands - by Pearl Baker -
  Pueblo Indians and others have found that offering recreational opportunities to visitors helps their economy and widens the home market for their handicrafts. The Santa Clara pueblo was the first to offer and solicit actively, for a fee the entrance of non-Indians to their lands.
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• Salt Cities - Peublos abandoned before Indian Rebellion in 1680 - Thelma E. Honey -
  The ghosts of Piro Indians and Spanis padres among te ruins of the salt cities. A few centuries ago, some en thousand Indians lived in seven settlements on the east side of New Mexico's manzano Mountains. Gran Quivira, the largest of these, is a national monument; Abo and Quarai are state monuments. The other four - - Chilili, Tajique, Torreon and Manzano - - disintegrated, but their sites later became quiet, litle Spanish villages..
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• Malpais Country - T. E. Gary -
  At intervals for he past 22,000 years or more, he earth south of Grants, new Mexico, has rembled, split and emitted ivers of firey, molten rock. These huge lava beds ae called malpais (badlands) by the Spanish. The great lava flows are believed to be one of the most recent eruptions in america. Giant ice caves appear throughout the area.
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• Caves and Trails of Bandelier - by Maurice J. Hill -
  Bandelier National monument gives the visitor an insight into the past, as well as rugged scenic beauty and a view of pehistoric ruins of unique interst.
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• Acoma - - The Sky City - Clarence J. Burkhart -
  Perched atop a 360-foot-high mesa, located 65 miles west and south of Albuquerque, Acoma commanded an astounding view of the encompassing plain.
  Learn about the Pueblo (Acoma) and surrounding reservation with a population of more than 1,700 that were part of a larger group of Indians, aproximately 26,000, collectively known as Pueblos.
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• Tiffany's - - Western Gourmet's Delight - by Jane Butel -
  Nestled in the sunlit "little hills" of New Mexico is one of the most excitingly different and thoroughly pleasureable dining rooms to be found anywhere. The mining town called Cerrillos, meaning little hills in spanish..
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• New Mexico Map - -
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