New Mexico: A Guide to Unique Places
- ISBN-10
- 1564405052
- ISBN-13
- 9781564405050
- Series
- New Mexico
- Pages
- 94
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Author
- Todd R. Staats
Description
This guide brims with intriguing sites that evoke the past and suggest the future -- the Gila Cliff Dwellings; Acoma Pueblo, the oldest continuously inhabited community in the country; and the town of Rosewell, host of the still-controversial 1947 UFO sighting.
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