Life is like a mountain railroad, / with an engineer that’s brave: / We must make the run successful, / from the cradle to the grave; / Watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels; / never falter, never quail; / Keep your hand upon the throttle, / and your eye upon the rail. – In Read More
Treasure, mystery, and the legend of Old Man Gallagher lurk at the bottom
When they started flooding Eagle Nest Lake in 1917, one story has it that Old Man Gallagher “swore and be damned” they’d have to carry him off the porch of his house in the lake bottom, kicking and screaming the whole way. Of course tales about oldtimers tend to run tall. About 25 years ago, we Read More