03/03/2021
If our articles (click blue links to read the stories) inspire you to visit White Sands National Park and Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, why not make a full day of it and see both? Along the way, you’ll pass by two local businesses that might have just what you need for a delicious snack to keep you going: pistachios!
You can’t miss this giant pistachio, marking the location of PistachioLand!
New Mexico is one of three states that grow pistachios in the United States, along with California and Arizona. Turns out our Southern New Mexico climate, with hot summers and chilly winters, is perfect for growing pistachios. You’ll find retail stores for two local growers between Alamogordo and Three Rivers on U.S. Highway 54/70 North.
03/03/2021
If you’re into art or history, or just like being outdoors, a trip to the Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, in Southern New Mexico about halfway between Tularosa and Carrizozo, is a must. Just east of U.S. Highway 54, there’s a basaltic escarpment and, on nearly every available surface along the ridgeline, the Jornada Mogollon people, sometime between 900 and 1400 CE, chipped the desert varnish to create petroglyphs.
The History
The people lived along three creeks that give the place its name. Three Rivers sounds more majestic than three creeks, I suppose, but water was once more secure there. Reminders of their presence can be found in partially excavated pit houses along one of the creeks near the petroglyphs.