The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 2021, La Union was struck by torrential floods that were described as a '1000-year flooding event'. This led to the breaking of a dam, which ravaged the local infrastructure. As a result, the county government and Governor of New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham announced funding on improvements on town and dam infrastructure.
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Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in La Union is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean La Union has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bassett, O. T., Tower in El Paso, 6.7 miles away.
La Union and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bassett, O. T., Tower’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in La Union?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to La Union’s story, or a memory of it.
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.