Exciting News from the Village of Columbus, NM! (Excerpt from VILLAGE OF COLUMBUS facebook page) We’re proud to share that a new monument has been placed right at the U.S.–Mexico border, dedicated to the incredible cyclists of the Continental Divide Trail and the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route (GDMBR) — and anyone who wants to …
In a powerful reinforcement of President Trump’s no-nonsense border security policies, federal authorities have arrested another 209 Source: Hundreds of criminal aliens arrested after storming military borderlands in NM Tour of Pancho Villa’s Legendary Border Crossing will transport you back to the original sites of the infamous raid on the U.S. Village of Columbus, …
President Trump announced that he is “bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes” after the Democrats tried to destroy Christopher Columbus. Read full article: Trump: ‘I’m Bringing Columbus Day Back from the Ashes’
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) transferred control and administrative jurisdiction of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the New Mexico-Mexico border to the Department of the Army. The move by the Interior Department is to comply with President Donald Trump’s order for the U.S. military to take control of federal land …
The most unusual thing about Columbus, NM is: The most unusual things are the rule here. Not the exception. op-ed by BigAddison Like today for instance. I conduct a tour about the most infamous day in the history of Columbus. March 9, 1916. That’s the day Pancho Villa’s men “The Villaista’s” raided Columbus and killed …
FRIENDS OF HISTORY News: Friends of History invites the community to a Wednesday lecture, “Raid And Reconciliation: Pancho Villa, Modernization, and Violence in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands” presented by Brandon Morgan at 12-1 p.m. May 7. Free on YouTube. Historian, educator and author Brandon Morgan examines Pancho Villa’s 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico, during the Mexican Revolution …
This is not your average “Run of the Mill” story my friends, oh no, this is a “Ride to the Mill” story. (And maybe a little time traveling) by BigAddison Heading out my driveway once again for my morning ride. A quick right, a quick left, and I’m heading for adventure on my Lectric eBike. …
109 years later….on another cold windy dark morning in Columbus, New Mexico, Pancho Villa Rides Again. But this time, IT’S A CELEBRATION! Learn about the Calbagata here Mounted on my steel horse (my eBike), I was able to follow the 2025 Calbagata procession up Hwy 11 to the parade stop and festivities in Columbus, New …
“All we are is dust in the wind”, so the song goes. And here in Luna County in March, it can sure feel that way. Been here for going on twenty years, and I can’t ever get used to the relentless “Winds of March”. This years windy season started exactly on March 1st, and with …
In her new documentary, “UnRaveling.” Stacey Ravel Abarbanel digs deep into the history behind her grandfather Sam Ravel, a Jewish shopkeeper in the border town of Columbus, New Mexico in 1916. Source: Documentary Explores Jewish Family’s History at the U.S.-Mexico Border
