Infinite Road
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Narrated by The Storyteller Focus: Aliens & Outlaws 92 km · about 56 min · 10 stories

From the incident to the Lincoln County War: the 1947 debris recovery and what the Army said before it changed its mind, John Chisum's cattle kingdom on the Pecos, the Santa Fe Ring, and the shooting war that made Billy the Kid famous.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Roswell, New Mexico

    The Roswell Museum

  2. 2
    Roswell, New Mexico

    The 1947 Roswell Debris Recovery Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  3. 3
    Roswell, New Mexico

    The 1947 Roswell Debris Recovery Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  4. 4
    Roswell, New Mexico

    The 1947 Roswell Debris Recovery Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  5. 5
    Picacho, New Mexico

    John Chisum and the Pecos

  6. 6
    Picacho, New Mexico

    The Santa Fe Ring

  7. 7
    Tinnie, New Mexico

    The Lincoln County War Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  8. 8
    Hondo, New Mexico

    The Lincoln County War Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  9. 9
    Hondo, New Mexico

    The Lincoln County War Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  10. 10
    Lincoln, New Mexico

    Alexander McSween's Legal Crusade

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.