Cibola County Historical Society
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  • NEW Cibola County Museum
  • Projects / Airway Museum
    • *New - Airways History Book
    • Bataan Memorial
    • Airway Heritage Museum
    • Mount Taylor Air Disaster
    • Air Museum Films
    • *New - Grants-Milan History Book
  • CibolaStories 1
    • Cibola's Wild Winter Weather
    • Cactus (Cobra) Gardens - Route 66
    • Hollywood came to Grants
    • Mike Todd's Liz - A 1958 Tragedy
    • The Way It Was in World War II
    • “Number Please?”
    • Japanese Invade Bluewater Valley
    • Baum's Big Band
    • Edward Baca: Distinguished Service
    • Remembering Silvestre Mirabal
    • Robert Gunn, Moon Mission Engineer
    • The Milan Motel
  • CibolaStories 2
    • The Way We Did Recycling
    • When We Were Without A Hospital
    • The Way We Were: "Christmas Past"
    • Politics Isn't Easy in Grants...
    • The Roaring Twenties Remembered
    • Fiestas, Bazaars, Festivals
    • The Way We Were: Grants Union High School
    • The Way We Were: Adult Friends
    • The Way We Were: Old Grants Police Station
    • Eddie Chavez, Friend Of All
  • Qtrly Meetings 2012-13
  • Qtrly Meetings 2014-15
  • Qtrly Meetings 2016-17
  • Qtrly Meetings 2018-19
  • New Mexico 2012 State Centennial
    • Women in NM History 03-24-12
    • Distinguished Women of Cibola County - 2012
Here are just a few of the topics that make up Cibola County's centuries of fascinating history........ 
  • Are you curious about where you live?
  • Do you enjoy history?
  • How were Acoma, Bluewater, Budville, Cubero, Grants, McCartys, Milan, San Fidel, San Mateo, San Rafael, Seboyeta and other sites founded?
  • What part did the railroads play in establishing Cibola County, and in its growth?
  • Where did the first stagecoach lines run through Cibola County?
  • Where did the first Route 66 cross this area?
  • Who were the cowboys, farmers, loggers, miners, Native Americans and ranchers that settled our county over the centuries?
  • Why the name of "Cibola?"
  • What was the impact of living on historic Route 66?
  • Was being on the Midcontinental Airway important?
  • Why did we break off from Valencia County to establish a new county?
  • How did the Civil War affect the area and its peoples?
  • Where were the first mission churches in Cibola?


***Cibola County Historical Society is a qualified non-profit [501(c)3] organization.
 
Join now for the 2018-19 program year!  Annual Membership Options (good through June 30, 2019):

  • Individual Member -       $25 per Year
  • Family Membership -     $30 per Year (no limit on family size!)
  • Senior Membership -     $20 per Year (55 and over?  -  add your history to ours!)
  • Business Membership- $40 per Year, (noted and linked in our website)
  • NEW!  The Lifetime Membership Option is just $200 (not transferable)

 *Just send your Name / Address / Phone / Email with a check to:

  Cibola County Historical Society    -   PO Box 346    -    Grants NM 87020

 *Please consider a gift to the General Fund, our new County History Museum, or, the Aviation Museum. 
                                                                           ​Thank you!


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