We spent three days at the Valley of Fires Campground. This campground is operated by the US Bureau Land Management, it has good facilities and beautiful views. The Lava flow in this park occurred approximately 5000 years ago. It is four to six miles wide, up to 160 feet deep and covers 125 square miles.
We made two side trips while we were here. The first one to Lincoln, this is the town made famous in the late 1800”s by Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett.
Sunday we went to Fort Stanton, this fort is still active today and can boast about it”s leaders from Kit Carson to Blackjack Pershing. It was also home to many Germans during the second wold war that were rescued from a sinking merchant ship off the US coast before we were involved in the war. They were unable to be sent home and spent most of the war here. After the war they were sent home and many of them returned to make the US their home.
View from the campground.
Another view of campground
Tower built for protection by the first settlers of Lincoln.
The tower has three levels, women and children were on the lower level.
Saint John the Baptist Church in Lincoln.
This is the re-enactor that gave us a tour of Fort Stanton.
He is playing the bones.
He is playing the bones.
This is the Catholic Chapel at the fort.
The Germans that were house here disassembled it
and moved it to this location at the fort.
An old adobe Building in Lincoln.
Our next stop was a two day stay at Acoma. We visited The Acoma Pueblo lacated on a high mesa. This pueblo dates back to the eleven hundreds. The Spanish invaded the natives in this area in the sixteen hundreds trying to make them give up there religious ways for the Catholic religion. To this day they honor both religions.
This is the Church the Native Americans built. The nearest trees that could be used for
timbers for the roof were located 30 miles away. They were forced to carry them
by hand the entire way.
View of some of the buildings of the pueblo.
More houses of the pueblo.
View from the pueblo.
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