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Hi everyone, I just moved to Pie Town New Mexico and have to say I LOVE this state!! I have lived a lot of places, but never have I lived in the midst of a large cattle ranch. Just thought I would share this video of the cows with everyone here so those who have never been to Pie Town can get a glimpse of what it is like here.
What a hoot. Reminds me of the time I went scouting for antelope and threw a couple of bales of straw in the truck bed to mount targets on for practice with my bow. Got back from my scout and my truck was surrounded by cattle busily munching on my target bales. I did not do that again.
By the way, if you want to read an incredible memoir of what it was like growing up in that country around Datil in the late 1800s, get a copy of "No Life for a Lady," by Agnes Morley Cleaveland. It's a real page-turner.
Another good read about life in the area is a more recent 2001 publication about the farming life in the early dust bowl days when people fleeing the plains landed in Pie Town. Has actual photos of the subjects of the book.
There is an excellent article in the 2005 issue of Smithsonian Magazine about the photographer Russell Lee, who documented life in Pie Town in photographs taken under the auspices of the Farm Service Agency during the depression years (FDR's New Deal).
For nerds who like pie, Pi Day (March 14) is also a good day to visit. We went this year and had some great pie. The apple green chile was my favorite.
Thanks for the links, Joqua. When I moved here in September from Oregon, my brother and I cut south off I-40 at Holbrook and picked up U.S. 60 at Springerville. Stopped for lunch in Pie Town and I agree U.S. 60 is a mighty lonesome highway from Springerville to Magdalena. Beautiful country though.
I'm looking for a local in Pie town resident who may know a cattle ranchers or is a rancher off York Ranch Rd. If anyone can help I would appreciate it!
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