The People and Land Along The American Road
Yeso, New Mexico, 2010
Yeso is a small (7 people) ex railroad stop and repair yard on U.S. Highway 60 in east Central New Mexico.
It is all but abandoned.
It is silent and vast and ruined and worth stopping for, for the silence alone.
I did.
Posted by Bruce Berman
Chicken truck, Hatch, NM – May 16, 2010
©Bruce Berman
Tags: 1930’s Photography, New Mexico, Russell Lee, Small Town America, U.S.60
Posted by BruceBerman American, New Mexico, Russell Lee’s Road, U.S.60
Barrel Racer, Portales, NM, June 2010 by ©Bruce Berman
Calf Roping, Rodeo At Quemado, New Mexico By Russell Lee, 1937
There were rodeo events during the 1930s Depression. Rodeos remained a popular entertainment activity and a source of community gathering, even during the difficult economic times. For example, the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo in Texas began in 1932 as a way to bring the community together and create economic growth. Rodeos were a vital entertainment activity that showed off cowboy skills, and they were captured by the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s aqas well as the FSA photographers.
Tags: Farm Security Administration (FSA), New Mexico, Russell Lee, Small Town contests, U.S.60