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An online seminar hosted by the New Mexico Humanities Council (NMHC) on the historical township Blackdom on Feb. 23 attracted 87 participants. The audience was able to learn about the latest research and insights into the cultural and historical significance of the township of Blackdom, founded in 1903, 18 miles south of Roswell and 8 miles west of Dexter. By the mid-1920s, most residents had left, turning Blackdom into a ghost town.
Bethany Tabor, NMHC program officer, served as the moderator. She introduced the speakers, which included Janice Dunnahoo of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico (HSSNM) Archives in Roswell. Dunnahoo is a contributing author for the West Texas Historical Association, Wild West Journal, True West Magazine, Texas-New Mexico Border Archives Journal and a weekly contributor to the Roswell Daily Record.
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History in the making
By Christina Stock
Vision Editor
With a lead of 44 votes, the winner of the first Readers’ Choice Award for Best Vision Columnist 2019 is Janice Dunnahoo. Dunnahoo writes her column Historically Speaking on behalf of the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico (HSSNM). Her stories cover local historical treasures she finds in the HSSNM Archives where she works. They are found in news clippings, postcards and letters that are given to her at HSSNM Archives to preserve for future generations. These are real events from Southeast New Mexico’s rich past.
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Carli Hansell, Goddard High School family and consumer science teacher, carries a Chromebook for a GHS student to the family’s vehicle during an August drive-thru registration at the school. Roswell Independent School District provided students with Chromebooks to aid in online learning for the 2020-21 school year. (Juno Ogle Photo)
Megan Colby, left, trauma coordinator at Eastern New Mexico Medical Center, gives a COVID-19 vaccine to medical/surgical unit nurse Janice Gonzales. ENMMC and Lovelace Regional Medical Center began administering the vaccine to their front-line staffs Dec. 16. (Submitted Photo)
Peggy Seskey hands a Roswell UFO Festival apron to Gioia Cover as she, Anne Cover and Timothy Cover, all of Justin, Texas, check out the festival merchandise booth on the lawn of the Chaves County Courthouse. With many 2020 UFO Festival activities canceled or moved online due to the pandemic, much smaller than usual crowds were in
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