Welcome To Deming, NM

Deming is a pretty little town located on Interstate 10 across the southern United States.We are a farming-ranching community. I have some pictures that may help you decide if you want to spend your vacation or just stop for lunch in our great little town. Deming is the perfect small town. Friendly people, low taxes, pure water, clean air, no traffic problems yet. We retired here and are so glad that we did.

Below: SWNM State Fair held annually in Deming.

We are located between El Paso, Texas on the east and Tucson, Arizona on the west. I am including some pictures of our town and of our county, so that you can get a feel for our area. I hope that you enjoy them.

The above pictures are of our Museum and some of the exhibits found there. You can spend an entire day at this Museum because there is so much to see. On the top floor is a fine collection of original mimbreno pottery circa.- 800-1150 AD.

Florida Mountains - aerial view!--------------------------Wildflowers around Deming

Collage of downtown Deming. We have a new plaza. . then we have St. Ann's Catholic Church - historic and lovely!

Fun at ArroyoSeco Raceway in Deming at Akela exit.

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The Klobase Festival and The Columbus Dayfest. The Great America Duck Race held the 3rd weekend in August is a very grand and very fun celebration that includes Duck Races on land and water (real live ducks), Tortilla Tosses, , Horseshoes, Balloon Rally and Entertainment, Carnival, vendors from everywhere, a big parade, and just tons of fun. 4 days of morning to evening good times.

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.The original Customs House- Green Tea held in December@Museum.

New and enlarged Senior Center - Seniors rule in Deming and the fantastic Senior Citizen Center is one reason why. A few pictures of activities held at Center. Click above picture to go to the Senior Citizen Center's site.

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Entertainment - NM Style! .......Also..........moon rising over Floridas - picture taken at a distance.

Musicians - Mariachi band and singer -and, - Palomas, Mx and the Pink Store - good food, music and shopping. Our high school has a wonderful Mariachi band "Mariachi Amistad", and they record professionally. - NM Culture well represented in Deming.

Adobe Deli - Deming's own Cyber-Bar - click pic!

Great vacation destination. Camping, Restaurant, Clubhouse, vacation home sites. click picture to go to Starlight Village Resort.

Faywood Hot Springs, world class offerings - making Deming proud! Click pic!

Very old picture of Deming Train Station and Harvey House Restaurant- This Depot is now in disrepair and will be replaced by a smaller structure. The old Depot will be moving to another location in Deming and restored. Unfortunately, the famous Harvey House Restaurants are long gone.

Below are some of the distinctive wine labels produced in Deming by St.Clair Winery. They also make custom designs - whatever you want. Of course, the grapes are grown right here in Deming, NM.

Click picture below to go to our Luna County Webpage.

Entrance to Civic Center. and logo for our new learning center which includes vocational training and college courses from Western New Mexico University and Dona Ana Community College.

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Pictures of Rockhound SP where people are encouraged to find unusual rocks as geodes and thunder eggs, quartz, etc. Winter visitors camp here! This park is in the "little Floridas", elev. 6300ft. The picture in the center is of Spring Canyon, SP, which is in the "Floridas". There are some exotic IBEX living there that were give to us by the Shah of Iran in the 1960s. Also, Mountain Lions and Javalinas. The Javalinas stay near the rocky bottom of the mountain.

Annual Rock Hound Roundup

Roadrunner!- NM State Bird------------Yucca - NM State Flower -

Just a few of our beautiful wild flowers, cactus, that live in our Chihuahua Desert.

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.City of Rocks SP 30 mi. N. of Deming on Hwy. 180. formed 6 million years ago by volcanic activity.Beautiful Desert flowers and wildlife! I just love this place - makes me feel like a kid again to climb over and under, HA!

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92 year old veteran -----Collage of Columbus, NM - our "border town. Customs House in Columbus - historic!

Columbus, NM site of the last raid on the U.S.. by a foreign country. 1916 Pancho Villa and his Vallistas attacked the soldiers and citizens of Columbus, NM. 18 U.S. Citizens lost their lives and over 200 Villistas.Gen Sherman chased him back into Mexico. Several Vallistas were hanged in Deming in front of the Luna County Courthouse. (see drawing below).

Every year "Raid Day" celebrates the event with folks from both sides of the border participating.

Women and children hid in the Hoover Hotel (top center adobe bldg.), which had 12in. adobe walls. This Hotel has been restored and is open to the public. Columbus Day, is held the 2nd Saturday in October, and Raid Day is celebrated on March 9th every year.

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Drawing of Luna County Courthouse in Deming, NM where trials and hangings of Vallistas occured. See gallows in front of courthouse. Year 1916

Pancho Villa SP- Columbus, NM.....3 miles from the border of Mexico. Lots of winter campers.,and,.. for fun, a Javalina!

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Man on horseback south of Tres Hermanas in Columbus, NM-Border and Customs!

SOUTH OF THE BORDER

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Collage of Palomas, MX @ the New Mexico/Mexico Border!........Diner for locals in Palomas, Mx.

Border patrol/customs..Aerostat at Deming. This is a tethered radar balloon which monitors the air for illegal aircraft entering the country. The Aerostat program works with other federal drug enforcement agencies in the interdiction of drug trafficing across our borders. High winds and bad weather often ground these balloons. This picture is of a grounded Aerostat Balloon. When they are in the air, they are pretty.

Ballooning is popular here!......

Misc. pictures of our area. These balloons are from our Balloon Rally during the GADR in August.

Well, you just can't mention Deming without talking about the green chile that grows here. Our area is surrounded by fields of Green chile. They are roasted outside late summer and the aroma is wonderful. Some Chiles are left on the vine to dry and are harvested in October as Red Chiles. We put about 40 lbs of green chile in our freezer every year and it still isn't enough. I usually raise my own Jalapenos and Habaneros. The world's largest Chile processor is about 5 miles from our place.: Border Foods, Inc. They use the Chiles in many ways to make great tasty products..Other products grown here are Jalapenos, Cotton ( high grade), Sorghum, Pinto Beans, Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Pecans, Lettuce, Onions, Garlic, and many other crops, including alfalfa, wheat, and other grains. Everything grows well here because of our long hot summers. Of course because we are in a desert, irrigation pumps can be heard when driving near the fields. We have several more large produce packing companies in Deming as agriculture is a major industry. We are a farming and ranching community. Border Foods is currently growing and adding an additional 200,000 sq.ft. to their Deming plant.

Things that are near us, approximately 1 hour to 2 hours away. Good places to go visit for a change of scene!

Elephant Butte Lake, Cliffdwellings in the Gila, below -

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The famous "Catwalk" 2.2 mile trek - exciting - and historic building in Mesilla - Gila River in the Gila. And, some neato postcards!

Pronghorned Antelope in our area..and....Elk in fields - they often follow cattle for food, and can be seen grazing with cattle in winter. We saw a large herd of Antelope grazing near cattle about 15 miles north of town.

Think I will end this with a another picture of Lake Roberts, 90 minutes northeast of Deming, NM.