This Little Las Vegas Claims a Large Presence in New Mexico’s History, Landscape—and Skies

Las Vegas, New Mexico doesn’t have slot machines, but it does have beautiful starry skies.

A drive around the countryside near Las Vegas, New Mexico, produces plenty of photo ops, with tiny churches, old mills, and hilly landscapes created by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The tradition of blue doors is a common theme in New Mexico. Mary Ann Anderson/TNS

By Mary Ann Anderson From Tribune News Service

In the first chapter of Genesis, it is written, “And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Eons later, the Las Vegas City Council wrote, “Let there be dark: and there was dark.”