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"If those walls could talk...this is what they would say. A story about New Mexico. Roadside architecture...iconic art...Ernie Pyle...historic stages...Ben Hur...Carnegie libraries...The Mother Road...boomtowns...Pancho Villa...iron horses...Buffalo Soldiers...five and dimes...Harvey Hous- es...early aviation...Henry Trost...Confederate dreams...the atom- ic bomb...chiles...water...the golden age of motoring...the Civilian Conservation Corps...Billy the Kid...quarter horses...This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time. The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make New Mexico uniquely New Mexico. How did Chaves County end up with the state's best Beaux Arts building? Solved. Where to find the largest collection of National Park Service ""parkitecture""? Mys- tery solved. The building that received the most government money during the Great Depression? Identified. America's only school built as a bomb shelter? Revealed. Imagine a group of settlers arriving in an undeveloped location. First come shelters in which to live and then structures in which to work and shop. There are buildings for worship and education. As the commu- nity grows government buildings are required. With prosperity comes places in which to spend leisure time. And each step along the way builds a story only New Mexico can call its own. A story told in 100 buildings. Almost all of the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, if you haven't seen these land- marks in person, fire up your GPS and get out and see the story of the Land of Enchantment standing in plain sight on New Mexico streets!"

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