10 Years Ago: Columbus, New Mexico, Part 1: You Mean There's More Than One Part? Are You Kidding?

 Yeah, crazy. 

There were ultimately TEN parts to the saga of little ol' Columbus, New Mexico: 

• Part 1's original post here. 
• Part 2: Drug Running
  
• Part 3: The Wall
  
• Part 4: There's Something About ...
  
• Part 5: Raids
  
• Part 6: Going Over to Puerto Palomas
  
• Part 7: Pat, Who Rescues
  
• Part 8: The Library
  
• Part 9: Odds and Ends
  
• Part 10: "A Future We Don't Know About"
  

And then I took a brother and a friend there two separate times when I lived in El Paso in 2016.

 

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Columbus, New Mexico, Part 1: You Mean There's More Than One Part? Are You Kidding?

Columbus, New Mexico. April 2013. Credit: Mzuriana.

I know, I know! How could it be possible to require more than one post to talk about a town with fewer than 2000 residents, a lackluster landscape, and where the "good" restaurant closes at 3:00 p.m.?

Where the in-town state park has a sad sort of parking lot vibe? 

Where, counter to "normal" New Mexican water towers with painted murals that display community pride, the Columbus water tower is strictly No-Bullshit Black?

Where downtown Columbus boasts perhaps 6 or 7 storefronts? OK, maybe 8.

Columbus, New Mexico. April 2013. Credit: Mzuriana.

Stay tuned.