The Wingfield Heritage House Museum contributes each month to the Ruidoso News with a “Way Back When” article. These articles look back on the headlines that were featured in the newspaper in the past. Our latest contributions are below.
Way Back When: September 2026
1951 9/21/51 Ruidoso’s first street markers were installed in what was described as an “…
Way Back When: August 2026
1951 8/24/51 In what was described as “one of the biggest real estate transactions made in Ruidoso i…
Way Back When: July 2026
1951 7/13/51 Governor Edwin Mechem was in town to dedicate the Ruidoso Airport and the newly-p…
Way Back When: June 2026
1951 6/22/1951: “Local Law Enforcement Cracking Down on Residents” Village Marshall Frank Barajas w…
Way Back When: May 2026
1951 5/18/51 In the column “Canyon Echoes,” which documented the comings and goings of Ruidoso…
Way Back When: April 2026
1951 4/20/51 In a Ruidoso News editorial, publisher and editor Lloyd Bloodworth wrote, “It loo…