http://lascrucesblog.com New Mexico Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:49:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Details on hiking to the springs in Dripping Springs Canyon are given here. Van Patten Mining Camp The ruins of the Van Patten Mining Camp are a short hike north of the springs. Construction of the Camp began about 1895 and was completed and advertising for business in 1897. The Camp sold ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/hiking-dripping-springs-part-2/ The hike from the Dripping Springs Visitors Center to the springs is about 1-1/2 miles. The hike is considered easy, although it does climb about 1500 feet. It is definitely a good idea to take water. The Hike Here's what the path looks like about five minutes from the departure point: If you ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/hiking-dripping-springs-part-1/ Photo taken 9/24/08. Tags: Las Cruces, Misc Images http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/tower-and-flower/ Old timers are saying they've never seen the Chihuahuan Desert around Las Cruces as green as it is this year. Here are a few pictures taken at Dripping Springs last weekend. In spite of the cloud cover at that moment, you can see how green it is. The rock formation in the ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/dripping-springs-green-green-green/ On October 19, 1929, the Las Cruces newspaper announced the arrival of talkies: Sound Pictures Coming A matter of great interest to Las Cruces theatre goers is that tomorrow the Fox Rio Grande Theatre, one block west of Church street, will open up their sound projector system which they have been busily ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/las-cruces-gets-talkies/ The Rio Grande Theatre opened on July 29, 1926. The official announcment to the public was made in the July 24 issue of the Las Cruces Citizen newspaper: RIO GRANDE THEATER OPENS JULY 29 At last we are privileged to announce the definite opening date of the new Rio Grande Theatre built ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/rio-grande-theatre-more-history/ After a very dry winter, spring, and summer, we have been getting some FINE rains. As a result, the desert around Las Cruces is greener than I can remember it ever being. It's not just the amount of rain, probably, but it's also the timing. Here are some photos today taken ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2008/soledad-canyon-green-green-green/ A fire, apparently arson, started today about 5:30 on the Las Cruces side of the Organ Mountains. The origin was evidently just south of Dripping Springs. By late evening about 400 acres had been burned. Several homes were evacuated. The old sanatorium ruins at Dripping Springs are evidently not at risk. June ... http://lascrucesblog.com/organ-mountains/2008/organ-mountains-fire/ As noted here, the just restored Rio Grande Theatre was designed by Otto H. Thorman, an El Paso architech. That was not his only theatre project. He also designed the Mission Theatre in El Paso. The theatre, at 3031 Alameda, was built in 1940 for the El Paso Amusement Company. It is ... http://lascrucesblog.com/architecture/2007/mission-theatre-el-paso/ Rio Grande Theatre, Main Street, Las Cruces. In 1925, the Hacker Hotel was torn down to provide a site for The Rio Grande Theatre. An El Paso architect, Otto H. Thorman, was hired to design the theatre, which is built of adobe. A "washed air" cooling system was installed -- ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2007/rio-grande-theatre/