What’s Hot?

• The 84th Maverick Club Parade and Rodeo: The longest-running open rodeo in the West, the Maverick Club Parade and Rodeo Friday, July 4. Rodeo evening dance, July 3. 575-376-2417.

• Old Cimarron Days Festival, Sept. 1-2, this year celebrating the 151st anniversary of this old Western town! Don’t miss the special events to commemorate this historic event.

• Shortgrass Music Festival: For its third season, this three-day event features a diverse group of musicians in a variety of venues. Thursday, Sept.18, 7 p.m.: Friday, Sept. 19, 7 p.m.: Saturday, Sept. 20, 8 p.m. Colfax Tavern. Info, 575-376-9040.

Don't Miss...

• Philmont Scout Ranch: Every summer, as more than 22,000 Boy Scouts flock to Philmont for a week in the great outdoors, the ordinarily 800-person Village of Cimarron fills itself to the max. Between 1938 and 1941, Oklahoma oilman Waite Phillips donated 127,395 acres of ranchland to the Boy Scouts of America. Since that time, close to 800,000 scouts, explorers and their leaders have ventured to Philmont, “where the Rockies meet the Plains.”
575-376-2281.

• Historic Old Town Walking Tour of Cimarron: Visit 14 sites of interest, including the old stone jail and the old town plaza. Maps and information available at the Chamber Visitor Center. 575-376-2417.

• Take a shopping tour: Cimarron has a thriving shopping district one block north of the Visitor Center.

Party Time …

• Colfax Tavern: A wayside watering hole, U.S. 64 on the way to Raton in the now-vanished town site of Colfax.

• St. James Hotel: gathering place of Old West characters, 17 and Collinson, Cimarron.

“When I moved here for my job, I swore I’d only be here for two years. It’s been 20 years and I’m still here.
I love it here because I have many wonderful friends. I love the peace and quiet and I love the school.”

— In conversation with Joe Warren

Letitia moved to Cimarron from Chimayo to teach at Cimarron High School. After 20 years she will take over
as principal of the high school for the 08/09 school year.

FYI...
• Cimarron Chamber: 575-376-2417;
www.cimarronnm.com
• Sangre de Cristo Chronicle: 575-377-2358;
www.sangrechronicle.com