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Las Cruces ( / lɑːsˈkruːsɪs /; Spanish: [las 'kruses] "the crosses") is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. [4] Las Cruces is the most populous city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico. [5]
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About Las Cruces, NM. Las Cruces is the second largest city in New Mexico and is located in the southern part of the state at the crossroads of I-10 and I-25. Less than an hour from El Paso, Las Cruces is the mid-point between San Diego, CA and Dallas, TX. Home of the Aggies, New Mexico State University spans across 900 acres and serves over ...
Las Cruces ( / lɑːsˈkruːsɪs /; Spanish: [ las 'kruses] "the crosses") is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico and the seat of Doña Ana County. As of the 2020 census the population was 111,385. Las Cruces is the most populous city in both Doña Ana County and southern New Mexico.
Las Cruces is the second largest city in the American state of New Mexico. The current population is about 110,000. The city is known for its large Urban Renewal Project that tore down much of its historic Main Street area. The main campus of New Mexico State University is in Las Cruces.
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Welcome to a downtown that hums with activity. After a drab spell in the ’60s, artists revitalized Main Street by moving into formerly vacant buildings. They also brainstormed the Downtown Ramble. On the first Friday evening of each month, galleries open their doors to hundreds of hometown and visiting art lovers, who stroll through artist receptio...
Mesilla’s village limits nudge up against ours, and we like to claim our charming neighbor as our own. Visitors on Preciliana Sandoval’s La Morena Walking Tours (575-647-2639) get the inside scoop on Billy the Kid, the ghosts in the Double Eagle restaurant, and the late Katy Griggs, who founded beloved traditional New Mexican restaurant La Posta in...
It’s just fun to hang out in rooms crammed with new and used books at COAS Bookstore, one of the largest of its kind in the Southwest, specializing in regional and natural history titles sure to deepen your appreciation of the area. Family-owned and family-friendly, it’s that most precious of local institutions: a sprawling community bookstore.
“New Mexico is so amazing—just look up,” says Hillary McDaniel-Douglas, artistic director of Project in Motion, a Las Cruces aerial dance company. Her troupe of seven performs breathtakingly fluid and balletic aerial dance. When not touring, the artists divide their time between Indianapolis and Las Cruces, where they mesmerize us in a reclaimed co...
In 1926, this historic venue’s first show was the silent film Mare Nostrum, accompanied by pipe organ. A first kiss, a reprimand for flinging popcorn from the balcony, 1970s childhood viewings of Star Wars — these are just a few memories Las Crucens treasure of the Rio Grande Theatre, which fell on hard times when audiences abandoned it for more mo...
Las Crucens all know to head down Highway 28, “the old road” to El Paso, past adobe communities, a sweet little church, and miles of pecan orchards that are shady in September and golden in October. They stop at the village of La Mesa, where traveling foodies and locals chat while lined up for radically unrenovated Chope’s Bar and Restaurant’s cold...
The fun doesn’t end when the sun goes down; head to Telshor Boulevard, where De la Vega’s Pecan Grill & Brewery serves up pecan beer, pecan-smoked pork ribs, and lots of non–pecan-flavored dishes, as well as fusiony bar food from its Back Porch menu. Cozy up to an antique bar in Mesilla’s elegant Double Eagle, filled with opulent furniture and orig...
Every November, at the International Mariachi Conference, Las Crucens are serenaded with strains of guitar, violin, trumpet, guitarrón, and singers who belt out Spanish lyrics with heart. This is the music, beloved by generations, that accompanies weddings, quinceañeras, and most celebrations along the border. Renowned musicians from Mexico and the...
At Fort Selden State Monument, a frontier cook bearing a frying pan with Johnnycakes and molasses offers me a taste. Since the fort’s eroding adobe walls can’t speak, employees and volunteers in period dress regularly share stories about the post, its African-American Buffalo Soldiers, and young General Douglas MacArthur, whose father was an office...
Come fall, as temperatures cool, local folks know what’s on the horizon. Festivities begin with the nearby Hatch Chile Festival, on Labor Day weekend. Mid-September, with the Diez y Seis de Septiembre Fiesta, Mesilla celebrates its Mexican-American heritage with a parade, ballet folklórico, piñata whacking, and dancing till midnight. Chef Roberto E...
Las Cruces, with the Organ Mountains as a backdrop. Las Cruces is a city in New Mexico. The name means "the crosses" in Spanish. It is the state's second largest city, with a population of over 111,000 (in 2020), and is the site of New Mexico State University.
Sep 28, 2020 · The railroads did indeed change the face of the West, and Las Cruces is a prime example. Today, it is the second-largest city in New Mexico. Mesilla, on the other hand, has about 2,500 residents, approximately the same number the town had in 1881.
