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Alto is located at an elevation of 7,550 feet (2,300 m) in the Lincoln National Forest, five miles (8.0 km) north of the village of Ruidoso. Alto received its name from the Spanish word "high" because of its elevation. Alto Lakes is a planned, residential and recreational community covering 1689+ acres along two mountain ridges in Alto.
New Mexico State Road 104 (also termed State Highway 104 or NM 104) is a 106.9-mile-long (172.0 km) state highway in the U.S. state of New Mexico. The route travels through San Miguel and Quay counties, and through the communities of Las Vegas , Alta Vista , Trementina , Garita , and Tucumcari .
Mink's Independent Cavalry Company, was an Independent Cavalry Company of the Union Army, raised by the New Mexico Territory during the American Civil War. Mink's Independent Cavalry Company was raised by Captain John H. Mink at Peñasco and Taos , then marched to, and organized by Captain Mink at Santa Fe, New Mexico , July 20, 1861.
The town of Carrizozo serves as the county seat and is in the Tularosa Basin northwest of Ruidoso. Ruidoso boasts several small suburbs and neighbor communities including Ruidoso Downs, Hollywood, Mescalero, and Alto which contribute to the Ruidoso Micropolitan Statistical Area's population of 21,224.
By 1885, with a general store, blacksmith, post office, cabins along the Rio Ruidoso, and proximity to the Chisholm Trail Ruidoso, NM was born. [citation needed] The Wingfield family operated a dairy and early post office. By 1914, cabins were being built in Upper Canyon. At Cedar Creek in 1935, a ski area opened on a sloping meadow. [citation ...
On September 29, 2006, 104.1 switched to a Smooth Jazz format programmed by satellite by Broadcast Architecture. On December 13, 2007, the format moved to 104.7 , with KTEG moving to 104.1. From 1986 until August 2013, programming on 104.1 was also heard in Albuquerque on translator K265CA (100.9 FM), which had broadcast at 50 watts from atop ...
State Road 103 (NM 103) is a state highway in the US state of New Mexico. Its total length is approximately 3.9 miles (6.3 km). Its total length is approximately 3.9 miles (6.3 km). NM 103's western terminus is NM 32 and the eastern terminus is where the state maintenance ends by Quemado Lake .
Prior to 1786, when a peace treaty was concluded with the Comanches, Spanish settlements in New Mexico were confined to the Rio Grande valley and nearby. The reduced threat from the Comanches, the most numerous and dangerous of the Indian peoples surrounding the New Mexican settlements, permitted the expansion of the Spanish eastward into the Pecos River valley and onto the Great Plains.