Jemez Mountains 100 Years Ago

Life in the Jemez Mountains 100 years ago was rugged and dangerous. Travel was by horseback or mule-drawn wagon on dirt trails and in stream beds. Ranchers contended with every kind of wild animals, including what is reputed to be the last grizzly and the last wolf in the Jemez. Children were home-schooled and home-churched. Joseph Elmer (Joe) Routledge (1920-2014) grew up in this wild and beautiful environment. In his late seventies, he wrote a series of stories that were first published in the Jemez Thunder, a semi-monthly newspaper in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Now, his early memories are collected into Jemez Mountains 100 Years Ago. Joe’s anecdotes will make you laugh and make you cry, and cause you to marvel at the settlers’ resilience. Learn how—and why—a hunter wrestled a deer. Feel a parent’s fear when a toddler is lost overnight in the forest. Imagine a 75-mile trip to Albuquerque taking three days. These tales and dozens more make for a fascinating collection that portrays life on a New Mexico frontier.
ASIN: 0962964557
VSKU: BVV.0962964557.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Routledge, Joseph E.|Isaacs, Judith Ann
Binding: Paperback