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The Bell Ranch is a historic ranch in Tucumcari, New Mexico, United States of America. Owned by John Malone since 2010, it is one of the largest privately owned ranches in the United States. [ 2] As of 2021, Malone is the second largest land owner in the country with 2.2 million acres. [ 3] The ranch became a national landmark in 1974.
Gila Wilderness was designated the world's first wilderness area on June 3, 1924. [ 1] Along with Aldo Leopold Wilderness and Blue Range Wilderness, the 558,014 acre (225,820 ha) (872 sq. mi.) wilderness is part of New Mexico's Gila National Forest. The wilderness is approximately 27 miles (43 km) from north to south and 39 miles (63 km) east ...
Alpine, Arizona. / 33.84611°N 109.14278°W / 33.84611; -109.14278. Alpine is a census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States, [ 1] in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 145. [ 3] It is located near the eastern border of the state.
Valles Caldera National Preserve. Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile (22.0 km) wide volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. [ 1] Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps and volcanic domes dot the caldera floor landscape. [ 4]
In 1895 Chief White Calf of the Blackfeet authorized the sale of the mountain area, some 800,000 acres (3,200 km 2), to the U.S. government for $1.5 million, with the understanding that they would maintain usage rights to the land for hunting as long as the ceded strip will be "public land of the United States". [16]
Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley [10] and Verdugo Mountains [11] regions of Los Angeles County, California, United States.At the 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, [7] up from 191,719 at the 2010 census, [12] making it the fourth-largest city in Los Angeles County and the 24th-largest city in California.
Tequisquiapan (Spanish pronunciation: [tekis'kjapan]; Otomi: Ntʼe) is a town and municipality located in the southeast of the state of Querétaro in central Mexico.The center of the town has cobblestone streets, traditional rustic houses with wrought iron fixtures, balconies, and wooden windowsills, which is the legacy of its 300-year heritage as a colonial town populated mostly by indigenous ...
The Sangre de Cristo Land Grant is in the San Luis Valley. It is approximately 55 mi (89 km) in north-south distance from near Blanca Peak, 4,374 m (14,350 ft) in elevation, in Colorado to northern New Mexico. The grant is about 30 mi (48 km) wide. The eastern border is the crest of the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains which ...