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3 unusual facts about Radium Springs


8th Cavalry Regiment

From October 1870 to July 1874, Troops "C", "G", "I" and "K" of the 8th Cavalry were stationed at Fort Selden, New Mexico, a territorial fort established on the Rio Grande at the present site of Radium Springs, New Mexico.

David James Baker

The most recent episode "Portraits of the Southwest - Road Closed" reveals the story of a gay couple who tried for 10 years to open a hotel in Radium Springs, New Mexico.

New Albany Hotel

A 1941 postcard promotes the town as "the world's greatest paper shell pecan center", "the bird dog capital of the world", "mecca for sportsmen in this field" and noted that the "famous Radium Springs resort is one of the most beautiful natural springs in the South".



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