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Way Back When: March 2026

1951 3/9/51  A pair of unusual travellers passed through Ruidoso. Julia St. Clair and her nine-year-old son, Dolphy, were walking from Jacksonville, Fla. pushing their belongings, including a kitten they had rescued in Arkansas, in a wheelbarrow. They had made… 

Way Back When: February 2026

1951 2/10/51 The Village water department reminded residents that thawing of frozen water pipes was “a courtesy and not a real function of this department.” Thawing of the main water lines and lines up to the meter would be handled… 

Way Back When: January 2026

1951 1/5/51 Ruidoso volunteer firemen held their annual open house in the new recreation room at the fire station. No tax or village money had been spent on the addition, which was funded by donations and fund raising efforts by…