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 …
On April 7, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law SB-219, the Medical Psilocybin Act (the Act), making New Mexico the third state in the country to create a legal pathway for patients to access psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by certain types of mushrooms. Notably, New Mexico is the …
The land of enchantment is the most stressed state in the USA. Read full article here: New Mexico Is Stressed, Science Says So
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
“On the first part of the journey I was looking at all the life, There were plants and birds and rocks and things, There was sand and hills and rings” Hands of Enchantment – Taras Mychalewych 12/12/1945 – 02/13/2025 epitaph by BigAddison updated with Obit below. New to town us both, Taras landed in 2010 …
What, you never heard the famous Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “New Mexico, where the wind comes sweepin’ down the planes” ??? Post by BigAddison – featured photo by John Muzio It should be plane to see by now where I’m going with this, New Mexico happens to have rights to claim what may be the …
