There were those stoplights back in 1961 when I lived there. I believe they are designed to slow down everyone and maybe cause you to spend a little more in town.
I lived at Roswell twice, Tatum, Carlsbad, Hope(I call it despair).
Ever notice that in the movie KING SOLOMON’S MINES with Stewart Granger, the entrance to the cave is Sitting Bull Falls and the interior of part of the cave is a remote area of Carlsbad Caverns.
"Ever notice that in the movie KING SOLOMON’S MINES with Stewart Granger, the entrance to the cave is Sitting Bull Falls and the interior of part of the cave is a remote area of Carlsbad Caverns."
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Curiously, I ran across this old FR post when I was Googling Sitting Bull Falls --- to see how much it had changed since I lived in Carlsbad in 1959-60.
Actually, I searched for "Sitting Bull Falls, NM" + "King Solomon's Mines" -- because I was wondering if that path cut up to the cave behind the falls for the movie is still there.
Small world! Bought my first car in Carlsbad (red 1960 Valiant) while I was working on construction of the gas pipeline compressor station on the north side of the highway halfway between Carlsbad & Hobbs.
Used to run the Valiant in the drags at Roswell -- and shoot jackrabbits at night in the alfalfa fields along the Pecos south of Carlsbad... (My ears are still ringing...)