Upcoming events throughout Old West Country:

Sep 4: Gem and Mineral Show
Three days of exhibits, food and field trips! The field trips are free of charge and leave the Center at 9 AM Saturday, Sunday and Monday, respectively. On Saturday the group will travel to Bear Mountain and fortification agate in rhycolite modules. On Sunday, the group plans to visit Fluorite Ridge near Deming. On Monday the group will travel to Saddlerock Canyon in the Burro Mountains. Almost any vehicle can get to these locations in good weather. Bring snacks, light lunch, plenty of water, a rock hammer, small shovel and bag or bucket on each trip. For more details: email kyyote@msn.com  Grant County Business and Conference CenterUS 189 East

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Sep 4: Hillsboro Harvest Festival
Art, food, great time . . . a few of the words that describe the Festival which replaces the Hillsboro Apple Festival after the apple crop was destroyed  On NM--152 between Silve City and Truth of Consequences

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Sep 4: Gila Cliff Dwellings our and Astronomy Evening
Make a day of it at the Cliff Dwellings. In the nornig at 11:00 joint the tour of the TJ Site. The tour takes about an hour ans is limited to 20 people for reservations, call 575-536-9461. At 7PM the season\'s second astronomy evening begins. The event is open to the public. Check with Becky Latanich 575-536-9461 or email becky_laranich@nps.gov  Fifty-two miles north of Silver City vis NM15 or NM35

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Sep 5: Heritage Music Festival
The 4th annual Heritage Music Festival starts off at 1PM with The Mules Tones, followed by other artists until early evening. Proceeds from the dance ($10 per person or $15 per couple) and from the silent auction will go toward restoration of the old courthouse by the Hillsboro Historical Society.  On NM-152 west of Truth or Consequences

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Sep 11: Shakespeare Ghost Town visitors day
Visitors are welcome to tour town.  3 miles southeast of Lordsburg 575-542-9034

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With funds from the National Science Foundation, Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research was built in 1963 near the summit of 10,783-ft South Baldy Peak to provide a base for the study of cloud processes that produce lightning, hail, and rain. The need for the laboratory arose following the pioneering research into thunderstorms over New Mexico by E. J. Workman that began in the 1930s. During his tenure as President of New Mexico School of Mines (now New Mexico Tech) he was joined by other scientists including Nobel Laureate Dr. Irving Langmuir, in 1947, in whose honor the laboratory is named. These and other early studies in the nearby Plains of San Agustin and the San Mateo Mountains led to the building of Langmuir Lab in the Magdalena Mountains.

The Magdalena Mountains offer favorable conditions for the study of storms because many occur there during the summer, and often the storms are isolated, stationary, and relatively small.


Visiting the Labs

Langmuir Laboratory welcomes visitors in July and August when the "monsoon season" arrives in New Mexico bringing frequent thunderstorms, which are studied by researchers. The laboratory facilities are closed to the public other months of the year, but the Langmuir Research Site is open year-round for hiking and other permitted recreational activities, subject to National Forest regulations and specific closures which may be posted from time to time by the Magdalena Ranger District.

To visit the laboratory facilities when they are open (between about June 20 and August 20 each year) drive first to the Main Building, where a person is on duty to greet visitors, take them into the observation tower, and discuss research in progress. Visitors also may view a brief video and a display of rockets and other materials used in experiments.

Public Law 96-550, passed by Congress in 1980, established 31,000 acres within the Cibola National Forest as the Langmuir Research Site in order to encourage scientific studies in atmospheric processes and astronomic events. Langmuir Laboratory is operated under a Special Use Permit issued on 03/12/92 by the U.S. Forest Service, and an annual Operation and Maintenance Plan jointly prepared by the Magdalena District Ranger and Langmuir Laboratory.

These comments reflect the opinions of visitors to the Old West Country web site and may not reflect current conditions or operations of this destination. Please call the nearest Chamber of Commerce or Old West Country at 800-290-8330 for updated information and advice!
 
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