Mountains, Mesas & Memories

Mountains, Mesa & Memories continues in the tradition of its three award-winning predecessors: Murder, Mystery & Mayhem in the Rio Abajo (2013); A River Runs Through Us (2015); and Tragic Trails and Enchanted Journeys (2017). This latest collection adds 25 interesting new stories of the Rio Abajo. Our six authors describe individuals as varied as John Cremony, who rode 90 miles down the Jornado del Muerto chased by 40 Apaches, and Gus Raney, a Wild West character who supposedly killed his last victim at age 100. A chapter on the Tome Land Grant describes the grant's history in detail never heard outside a courtroom. Exciting stories from World War II, including a first-person account of a kamikaze attack, are also shared. Richly illustrated with over 170 maps, photographs, and diagrams, Mountains, Mesa & Memories provides intriguing new insights into the people, places, and events that have helped shape the Rio Abajo.