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We moved to Farmington in 1954 during the oil and gas boom.
I lived at Ledbetter's old court on main st. then the house behind the Hotel on main(Later called HOT PANTS).
Went into the 3rd grade at the main school in town(too many kids! Class was only 1/2 days.) Then we lived on RUINS ROAD in Aztec.
4th grade I was in La Sal Utah, then Krtland, then Governordor, back to Kirtland then Aztec again. Aztec had the worst school lunches I have EVER eaten.
5th grade 1956, I lived on the San Juan river near the bridge and went to what we all called the McCormick school.
Then my dad got a wild hair and decided to move to the Ozarks. And my life went to Hell among these inbred *****!
I am 57 years old.

We didn't have much money when we first moved there so for Saturday night entertainment my dad would load us in the car, go down and park across from a bar on the south side of town and watch the Indians get arrested.

Had you been in High School, You'd probably have known Tom Renshaw. You may have known Carol or Anita C. Carol eventually married Tom. They live in Kansas now.

I used to have repeated nightmares of that old steel bridge . . . of being forced to climb over it's girders with the roadway out and a flood raging.

McCormick is still there and operating. They are talking about closing Swinburne sp? There's a couple of high schools and a Jr College. There's a couple of huge coal power plants West of Kirtland. They hire mostly Navajos given that they are on the reservation etc. Navajos still have a huge alcoholism problem. But many are educated and hold very responsible jobs. Many seem to do well at welding.

It's probably one of the better places in terms of small town America.

Alas, I still miss Taiwan, Asia.

But I could be in far worse places.