Whitewater Lodge: A Range Resort in the New Mexico Mountains At Glenwood, Near Silver City
by Whitewater Lodge
Mexico City
- Rank: #259206 in Books
- Published on: 1948
- Binding: Paperback
By the late 1800s, the major mode of transportation for travelers to the Southwest was by rail. In 1878, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) became the first railroad to enter New Mexico, and by the late 1890s it controlled more than half of the track-miles in the Territory. The company wielded tremendous power in New Mexico, and soon made tourism an important facet of its financial enterprise.
All Aboard for Santa Fe focuses on the AT&SF's marketing efforts to highlight Santa Fe as an ideal tourism destination. The company marketed the healthful benefits of the area's dry desert air, a strong selling point for eastern city-dwelling tuberculosis sufferers. AT&SF also joined forces with the Fred Harvey Company, owner of numerous hotels and restaurants along the rail line, to promote Santa Fe. Together, they developed materials emphasizing Santa Fe's Indian and Hispanic cultures, promoting artists from the area's art colonies, and created the Indian Detours sightseeing tours.
All Aboard for Santa Fe is a comprehensive study of AT&SF's early involvement in the establishment of western tourism and the mystique of Santa Fe.
Walks in Literary Santa Fe
A Guide to Landmarks,
Legends, and Lore
Barbara J. Harrelson
In Walks in Literary Santa Fe, you will explore the storytelling traditions and cultural history of New Mexico and familiar landmarks. This guidebook reveals the stories of historical and legendary figures that have lived in and written about the Land of Enchantment and its storied capital city. An entertaining reference on regional literature and culture for residents and visitors alike, this volume includes a Southwest literary timeline, Southwest literature bibliography, a list of New Mexico's literary classics, plus contact details for local literary organizations, booksellers, and publishers, along with information on regional writers' retreats and conferences.
A sampling of authors discussed in the book include:
Alice Corbin Henderson
Witter Bynner
Mabel Dodge Luhan
D. H. Lawrence
Paul Horgan
Erna Fergusson
John Nichols
Frank Waters
Fray Angélico Chávez
Tony Hillerman
N. Scott Momaday
Rudolfo Anaya
Michael McGarrity
Barbara J. Harrelson developed a literary walking tour of Santa Fe, "Storytellers and the Southwest," soon after she moved to that New Mexico center of arts and culture. It is one of the few literary walking tours in the nation. Native to New Mexico, Harrelson is an independent writer whose work has appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger, the Santa Fe New Mexican, The Essential Guide to Santa Fe & Taos, and the Bloomsbury Review.
Folded street and travel map in color. Scale 1:12,500. Legend includes sights, museums, theatres, monuments, churches, chapels, synagogues, monasteries, castles, caves, archaeological sites, cable railway, golf courses, hospitals, bus stations, parking, regional airports, airfields, national parks, lodges, viewpoints, waterfalls, toll roads, subway, hotels, markets. Includes inset map of Valle de Mexico (1:500,000), San Angel & Coyoacan (1:30,000) and Mexico City Public Transport. Climate charts show the average daily temperatures, humidity, hours of sunshine and precipitation for each month.
From the ancient geological rumblings that formed the city's unique setting to the recent tremors that devastated the city in 1985, the capital's complex story unfolds. The countless individuals, both famous and unknown, who shaped Mexico' history come alive . . . they prosper, decline, and rise again before being extinguished by political and social upheavals beyond their control.
Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Top 10 Mexico City uses exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip.
National Trust guides are the most in-depth guides to the history and architecture of U.S. cities ever published. From famous landmarks to little-known places, this fascinating guide takes you on an exciting journey through Santa Fe's cultural, historical, and architectural treasures.50 walking tours and nearby day trips in and around Santa Fe
WalMart Rand McNally Road Atlas - America's Number One Road Atlas - Includes: GPS and Online Travel Companion - Fun Getaway Ideas On Every Map - All-New Best of the Road Trips - United States - Canada - Mexico
Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we've done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars and hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores and sites, and the most enticing architecture and design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city's landscape and the satisfaction you've seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer.
In the '80s, when author/photographer Kurt Hollander lived in New York and published The Portable Lower East, life there was particularly rough, and cops often drove yellow cabs as a method to surprise and roust its residents. Before the decade ended, Hollander moved to the equally rough climes of Mexico City, making his living writing and photographing for The Guardian, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and many other publications.
Hollander's visual and textual extravaganza, Several Ways to Die in Mexico City, provides a perspective of this extraordinary city that could only have been caught by an observant outsider who lived in all its nooks and crannies for over two decades.
Crammed with caustic but fair observations of the city's history, food, cults, drugs, and buildings, Hollander proves that he can love a city and culture that also kills its inhabitants softly.
While living high in Mexico City, Kurt Hollander edited poliester, the renowned bilingual art magazine about the Americas. He also directed the feature film Carambola, and wrote a successful series of children's books. Grove Press published the Portable Lower East Side anthology in 1994.
Detailed tourist map of the city center - Chapultepec, Coyoacán, and San Ángel. Contains all sites of interest in the area, one-way streets, museums, hotels, theaters, embassies, gas stations, and subway/metro lines. 47-page booklet with tourist information and photos of the most interesting sights, including listings of museums, hotels, restaurants, theaters, cinemas, embassies, important phone numbers; metro plan and street index. Completely bilingual (English/Spanish). Folded: 10.5 x 24 cm (4" x 9.5") Map unfolded: 70 x 95 cm (28" x 37.5")