This video tells the story of the Elephant Butte Dam, a National Historical Engineer Landmark with the ASCE, and how it came to be constructed in this particular location. Life in the workers’ camp is described, as well as impacts the dam and its construction had on the town of Las Palomas Hot Springs (present-day Truth or Consequences).
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Archive for: Elephant Butte
Elephant Butte Fish Hatchery
Posted by Sherry Fletcher on September 11, 2011
The Fish Hatchery, a 1937 CCC project, once stood on what is now the Paseo del Rio Campground, part of Elephant Butte Lake State Park.
Cemeteries
Posted by Sherry Fletcher on September 11, 2011
This video offers a list of the cemeteries in Sierra County and includes directions to their sites. Also included are some descriptions of the notable and notorious people buried around the area.
Mims Memories
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