At the EXACT SPOT of what is now the intersections of Highways 9 & 11, Pancho Villa’s 600+ “Villaistas” raided Columbus killing 8 soldiers, and 10 civilians. Tours start at the Valley Heights Cemetery to see the grave sites of the fallen civilians from that explosive morning in and around the village and Camp Furlong …
I’ll never forget waking to that early morning Fast & Furious raid! – by BigAddison The pre-dawn darkness was lit from ground to air with whirring red and blue lights. Federal black vans and vehicles scouring the streets like cucaracha’s in your kitchen catching ratas throughout the village leaving us without a Mayor, City Council, …
Imagine the State of New York building the “Osama bin Laden State Park” in the footprints of the World Trade Center! op-ed by BigAddison Did you know before the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington D.C. and the heroically foiled 3rd target, there …
The Village of Columbus, Where New Mexico Intersects With History Hidden in plain sight at the seemingly prophetic intersection of Interstates 9/11, lies a historical little village nestled firmly in the footprints left by the dramatic events that transformed the United States at the Turn Of The 20th Century. A true American story called Columbus, New …
