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721. Region. North America. Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a national park of the United States in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. The primary attraction of the park is the show cave Carlsbad Cavern. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the visitor center.
April 26, 1946. (1946-04-26) (aged 63) Carlsbad, New Mexico. Occupation. Cave promoter/explorer. James Larkin White (July 11, 1882– April 26, 1946) was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad ...
The Caverns Historic District comprises the central developed area of Carlsbad Caverns National Park. The complex was built between the early 1920s and 1942, initially in Pueblo Revival style, and later in New Mexico Territorial Revival style in the area around the natural entrance to Carlsbad Caverns. The earlier structures are built of local ...
Carlsbad is situated in the northern reaches of the Chihuahuan Desert ecoregion, in the lower Pecos River Valley. Via US 285 it is 36 miles (58 km) north to Artesia and 86 miles (138 km) south to Pecos, Texas. US Routes 62 and 180 lead northeast 69 miles (111 km) to Hobbs and southwest 169 miles (272 km) to El Paso.
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is known for its caves, but there’s a lot more to the national park, which celebrates its centennial this year. Despite its name, there is only one Carlsbad Cavern ...
The Rattlesnake Springs Historic District is part of an isolated unit of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, surrounding a spring that creates an oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert. The area was homesteaded and farmed in 1880 by William Henry Harrison. Harrison, who claimed kinship with U.S. President William Henry Harrison, established the Harrison ...
Whites City also spelled White's City, is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States. Whites City has a post office with ZIP code 88268. [4][5] Whites City began in the 1920s as a commercial resort owned by Charlie White. [6] The community is primarily a resort town for visitors to nearby ...
In a Facebook post, the Carlsbad Caverns National Park posted an image of a full bag of Cheetos that was discarded inside the Big Room area of the cave system. "Great or small, we all leave an ...