A nice-looking couple sat down next to us with their small dog. They were dressed in expensive “Fort Worth Hip” to the tee. The young man had a formidable beard, a ” Stallone” pork pie hat, Ray-Ban sunglasses, and skinny jeans. The woman was dressed similarly but without facial h...
I had the ghostly place all to myself. Seven miles down dirt roads and a few miles west of the Rio Grande, the ruins of the fort stand alone in the high desert landscape. Built in 1852 – after the United States had taken New Mexico as spoils of the Mexican War of 1848 – Fort C...