Folsom News

Shane Gay, 43, was apprehended by another Ruidoso officer. A companion, Matthew Doherty, 16, of Folsom, N.M., was charged with resisting, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and tampering with evidence.

I recently found oral histories collected in the 1930s from elderly cowboys around New Mexico.

I made a wrong turn. Yep, instead of taking the fork that cuts north from Folsom, N.M. up toward Kim, Colo., I swung to the right where Folsom Creek meets the Cimarron River -- both just trickles -- and ended up in Boise City, Okla., the better part of 240 km out of my way.

The Museum of New Mexico's Fray AngA©lico ChA vez History Library recently purchased its first book printed by New Mexico's earliest publisher, Padre Antonio JosA© MartA nez, and is negotiating to buy another.