Las Animas - Bent County Library District

"First published in 1974, when it was awarded the Western Heritage Wrangler Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, this remains the only extensive survey of Hispanic building and art on the late Colorado frontier. Because most of the villages where the author found his subjects are now either abandoned or transformed by developers, the book is likely to stand as the only full visual record of what Spanish Americans along the...

Tells of the ruins of ancient civilizations and with the use of overlays shows these ruins in their prime

Open the door to self-reliance...create and maintain natural clay finishes over a variety of surfaces. Beautify walls or make works of art with natural materials collected from the Earth or purchased inexpensively from ceramics suppliers. Learn about arches, domes and woodless windows. Savor the story of Taos, New Mexico, known for its self-sufficient lifestyle and earthen architecture. Discover how the old houses were built and learn simple ways...