History
Carlsbad Caverns to Increase Entrance Fee
CARLSBAD – Sixteen years after the last increase from $5 to $6, Carlsbad Caverns National Park will raise its entrance fee beginning this summer to $10 per person (age 15 and up). In the past, all fees collected went into the General Treasury. In 1996 a “fee demonstration” program was established by Congress allowing one-third
Stockwell Honored For Service To Museum
Carlsbad resident Bob Stockwell received the President’s Call to Service Award during a special ceremony held earlier this month at the Carlsbad museum. Stockwell was also the recipient of a Voluntary Service Award for his efforts on behalf of the museum over the past 20 years. Stockwell is credited with painting the entire museum three
A Very Special Reunion
Members of Jack Lloyd Silliman’s family gathered in Carlsbad on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, for a very special reunion. Silliman, who graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1966, was killed in Vietnam on June 3, 1969. His family gathered in Carlsbad this week to visit a memorial honoring him. Silliman’s brother, Bobby Lee Silliman, read
History of Carlsbad (Part 4)
19. In 1905 the first horseless carriages appeared in Carlsbad. 20. In 1928 Charlie White filed on 120 acres called White’s Camp, now White’s City. 21. In 1912 the government moved the remaining Guadalupe Mountain Indians to the Mescalero Reservation. 22. In 1916, Pancho Villa raided Columbus, NM, and the Carlsbad unit of the NM
History of the World (ok Carlsbad) P3
In 1903, a new industry came to the Carlsbad area as guano mining began in the Bat Cave. The 1900 census showed Carlsbad with a population of 963, growing to a population of 1,736 people in 1910, and to 2,205 by 1920. In 1891 the Railroad and telegraphy reached the town of Eddy. The railroad
History of Carlsbad (Part 2)
The original Eddy County Courthouse stood at the same spot as today’s building. It was completed with locally made brick in June 1892.There was a jail added later in the back of the courthouse. The small bandstand on the front lawn was a longtime center of community festivities which provided countless band concerts on summer
Carlsbad Moments in History (Part 1)
First house built inCarlsbad– The Eddy House was built by the townsite company in the fall of 1888 to provide lodging for the prospective investors that the company had begun to bring to the valley. The building stood for over sixty years at the northeast corner ofMainand Greene. All of the materials for this first
