Smokey The Bear Historical Museum / Capitan New Mexico Attraction
Welcome to my series some of the attractions in New Mexico. I just bought a New Mexico Annual State Park Pass and I am enjoying it very much. The only thing that makes it even better is, taking you along with me!
While passing through the Ruidoso/Capitan area, I found to about the Smokey the Bear Historical Museum. Who knew the Smokey had such an interesting back story! Watch this video to get the full scoop on this iconic character.
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SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK CAPITAN NEW MEXICO
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The Smokey Bear Historical Park was established in 1976 to honor the bear cub found twenty-six years earlier in Capitan New Mexico.
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Smokey The Bear's Real Story - A New Mexico Travel Guide : Smokey Bear was a real bear. He is now past and is buried in Capitan, New Mexico. His recuse from a forest fire is a heart warming story. But he his long since past. And is buried in the heart of New Mexico. And it is well worth a stop if you are traveling to Lincoln, Roswell, Arizona, Texas, Ruidoso, or near by. The Smokey Bear Grave is also just an hour or two from Carlsbad Caverns or White Sands National Parks. Remember Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires. #NewMexico #SmokeyBear #NewMexicoTravel
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Smokey Bear Birthday Challenge New Mexico
The New Mexico State Forestry Division is joining Smokey Bear and all of his friends to help recognize the 75th birthday of the Smokey Bear wildfire prevention campaign. To celebrate, agencies from across the country are making challenge videos as a fun way to remind everyone that only you can prevent wildfires.
Recently Smokey stopped by his hometown of Capitan, New Mexico to see if he could help out at Smokey Bear Historical Park. At first, it wasn't quite working out the way he wanted, but then he was called to duty by the Type 2 Southwest Incident Management Team #5, and Incident Commander Jeff Andrews for the Pine Lodge Fire!
New Mexico is challenging the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands to help Smokey continue to celebrate his big 75th milestone.
Thank you Smokey Bear and wildland firefighters everywhere for all you do!
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Video and editing provided by NM State Forestry Division, Chama District Forester Mary Stuever.
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The Smokey Bear Museum in Capitan, New Mexico.
Around Kansas - Rudy Wendelin, the Man who helped make Smokey Bear famous - July 20, 2016
(Frank) We’re back! (Deb) Were you a Smokey Bear fan? (Frank) [chuckles] Well, yes. The reason I’m chuckling is because for so long, so many people, me included called it Smokey the Bear. (Deb) The Bear. (Frank) The Bear. (Deb) Right. (Frank) But no, it’s Smokey Bear. (Deb) Smokey Bear. (Frank) That’s right. (Deb) That’s right and I did the same thing. Kansas has a very unique connection to Smokey Bear, do you know what that is, Frank? (Frank) No, I do not. (Deb) The artist that primarily drew Smokey Bear, not the first time, but that drew most of the images that we’re familiar with, humanized him, is from Herndon, Kansas and he went to KU. (Frank) Oh. (Deb) I know, who knew? And he, Rudy Wendelin, wound up living in Virginia and in the DC suburbs and just a phenomenal artist and Smokey Bear, my God, there’s hardly a more recognizable figure, icon, advertising personality, whatever the term. You’re an advertising guy, what do you call those? What do you call them? (Frank) A spokesperson. (Deb) Okay, a spokesperson. (Frank) But it would be an icon in this case, yes. (Deb) Let’s watch this segment about one of Herndon’s most famous sons. (Frank) And remember, only you can prevent forest fires. (Deb) Good job. Rudolph Rudy Wendelin was a United States Forest Service employee and the best-known artist behind Smokey Bear, according to the Forest Service's website. Beginning in 1944, Rudy became the full-time artist for the Smokey Bear campaign. He was considered Smokey Bear's caretaker until his retirement in 1973. Rudy was born in Herndon, Kansas, on February 27, 1910. He studied architecture at the University of Kansas, and studied art at several art schools. He went to work for the U.S. Forest Service in 1933 as an illustrator and draftsman. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and returned to the Forest Service after the war. He completed hundreds of paintings of Smokey Bear. He was not the first to draw the icon, but in his hands Smokey morphed into the more human image that most Americans recognize. In 1944, Smokey appeared on a poster with the slogan, Smokey says -- Care will prevent 9 out of 10 forest fires! Three years later, Smokey's mantra had been amended to the now familiar Remember -- Only you can prevent forest fires! In May 1950, a fire started in the Capitan Gap of New Mexico's Lincoln Forest, destroying 17 thousand acres of woodlands. Among the survivors: a 3-month-old black bear cub discovered clinging to a singed pine tree by a crew of firefighters brought in from Texas. A game warden and his family nursed the injured cub. The Forest Service saw in this orphaned bear the opportunity to bring the cartoon to life. The small bear was named Smokey and went to live at the National Zoo in Washington, D. C. His illustrator, Rudy, received the Medal of Honor from the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1998 for his work on the Smokey Bear campaign. Rudy also designed several commemorative postage stamps. Among these were a stamp honoring John Muir, one honoring John Wesley Powell, and a Smokey Bear stamp in 1984. Rudy died from injuries suffered in a car accident in Falls Church, Virginia in 2000, but what an amazing legacy he leaves America!
yoloTX visits Ruidoso, New Mexico a premier resort destination in Southern New Mexico
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Ruidoso is a premier resort destination in Southern New Mexico. Ruidoso is a small mountain village located in Lincoln County in the Sacramento Mountains of South Central New Mexico. The community of 8,000 people sits at an elevation of over 7,000 feet, which makes Ruidoso the most popular tourism destination in the region. The Village of Ruidoso is governed by a Mayor, Village Council and Village Manager and Staff. The Village offers a wide range of services to its residents, including the Sierra Blanca Regional Airport.
Ruidoso is surrounded by over a million acres of forest and wilderness. The Lincoln National Forest, the White Mountain Wilderness Area and the Bureau of Land Management’s Fort Stanton National Conservation Area offer hundreds of miles of multi-use trails and is an ideal destination for hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking and camping. Ruidoso is located in the Smokey Bear Ranger District for the Lincoln National Forest. Smokey Bear, the bear cub that became the symbol of forest fire prevention, was rescued by firefighters from Fort Bliss Army Base after a forest fire in the Capitan Mountains in 1950. After his passing in 1976, Smokey was returned home to Capitan and now rests at the Smokey Bear Historical Park.
The Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Casino located in nearby Ruidoso Downs brings tens of thousands of visitors to the area during racing season, Memorial Day through Labor Day. The All-American Futurity is held annually on Labor Day; the race is the richest quarter horse race in the world with a purse of over $3 million.
Adjacent to Ruidoso one may also find the Mescalero Apache Reservation. The Mescalero Apache are native to this region; the present reservation was established in 1883. The 463,000 acre reservation lies on the eastern flank of the Sacramento Mountains and borders the Lincoln National Forest. The Mescalero Tribe owns and operates both Ski Apache and the Inn of the Mountain Gods, the areas only full service resort hotel.
The Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce is the most vibrant organization in the Ruidoso community. With 500 members from all segments of the Ruidoso area business community, the Chamber is a proactive force that is engaged with the community and provides essential services to our local businesses. The Chamber organizes three of the biggest events of the year: The Ruidoso Art Festival, a juried fine arts show that takes place during the last weekend in July, the Aspenfest Parade, held on the first Saturday of October, and the Festival of Lights Parade held on the first Saturday night in December.
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Smokey Bear Parade.m4v
This is the annual Smokey Bear Stampede Parade held in Capitan, NM. It's a small bit following a dragon that is made of up Lincoln County Art Loop Artists to promote their annual tour, this year being held July 9 - 11th. Please go to artloop.org for all the details.
Lincoln County New Mexico Fair August 2016
I've been to several county fairs before but this was my first pig show I ever caught! It sure was fun watching the sparkly pig take home the blue ribbon and the mean goat who head butted the baby goat! It wasn't so funny at the time though! And then there was the crested duck with the white pom pom hairdo! The fair was in Capitan, New Mexico, the hometown of Smokey Bear just north of the Lincoln National Forest!
I've always been a huge fan of Smokey and frequently stop as I travel across America to get my picture taken with him in the middle of no where! And when I walked into the museum I said my life is complete and the young gal running it laughed and said I'm definitely not the first to come in and say that!
First called Hotfoot Teddy, he was later renamed Smokey and became the real-life version of the United States Forest Service mascot Smokey Bear. Smokey was later sent to the National Zoo in Washington D.C., where he lived for 26 years. Upon his death on November 9, 1976, his remains were returned to Capitan and buried at what is now the Smokey Bear Historical Park!
New Mexico Drive - Rio Grande, Apache and Smokey the Bear - YouTube
It's kind of cool being in the place that was once the home to the Apache Nation, or where Billy the Kid rode and made his name. The American West is alive and well in New Mexico.
William H. Bonney (born William Henry McCarty, Jr. c. November 23, 1859 -- c. July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid and also known as Henry Antrim, was a 19th-century American gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw in the American Old West. According to legend, he killed 21 men. Events turned bloody on February 18, 1878, when Tunstall was spotted while driving a herd of nine horses towards Lincoln and murdered by William Morton, Jesse Evans, Tom Hill, Frank Baker and Sheriff William J. Brady of Lincoln County -- all members of a posse serving the House, sent to attack McSween's holdings. After murdering Tunstall, the gunmen shot down his prized bay horse. As a wry and macabre joke on Tunstall's great affection for horses, the dead bay's head was then pillowed on his hat
On April 1, the Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and McCarty/Bonney ambushed Sheriff Brady and his deputy, George W. Hindman, killing them both in Lincoln's main street.
On April 4, in what became known as the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills, the Regulators sought the arrest of Buckshot Roberts, a former buffalo hunter whom they suspected of involvement in the Tunstall murder. Roberts refused to be taken alive, although he suffered a severe bullet wound to the chest. During the gun battle, he shot and killed the Regulators' leader, Dick Brewer.
During this time, McCarty became acquainted with an ambitious local bartender and former buffalo hunter named Pat Garrett, Running on a pledge to rid the area of rustlers, Garrett was elected as sheriff of Lincoln County in November 1880..
In early December, Garrett assembled a posse and set out to arrest Billy the Kid. The Kid then carried a $500 bounty on his head that had been authorized by governor Lew Wallace.[92][93]
The posse led by Garrett fared well, and his men closed in quickly. On December 19 McCarty barely escaped a midnight ambush in Fort Sumner, which left one member of the gang, Tom O'Folliard, dead. On December 23 the Kid was tracked to an abandoned stone building located in a remote location known as Stinking Springs (near present-day Taiban, New Mexico). wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid
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Smokey Bear Walking in the Woods
He is heading over to the General Store Museum at High Cliff State Park for his 70th birthday party!
Smokey Bear celebration canceled; could he soon be forgotten?
Is Smokey Bear being forgotten? The town of Capitan has canceled its annual Smokey Bear celebration because there just aren't enough people stepping up. - Source:
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Road trip to Cloudcroft NM, Sunspot NM & Ski Apache
We go on a road trip from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft New Mexico. On the way we stop by the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot NM, we drive to the Ski Apache in Alto NM, and stop by Smokey Bear Historical Park in Capitan NM.
Here are the places we stopped by on this road trip:
- Tunnel Vista Observation Site on US 82
- Mexican Canyon Railway Trestle, Cloudcroft NM
- National Solar Observatory, Sunspot NM
- Lunch in Cloudcroft NM
- Windy Point Vista on NM route 532
- Ski Apache, Alto NM
- Smokey Bear Historical Park, Capitan NM
The idea for this road trip came from the book Most Scenic Drives in America. This is Drive 52 from the book: New Mexico’s Scenic South. We have had the book for many years and have done multiple itineraries from the book and have never been disappointed. It even survived downsizing from 4-bed house to a 21ft travel trailer :) Check it out here:
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Some Sights Of New Mexico Scenery
Some sights of New Mexico Scenery. Views of Ruidoso, Ski Apache, Smokey and between Santa Fe and Taos New Mexico. Also Capitan New Mexico where Smokey the Bears Museum is located.
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Smokey Bear's 75th Birthday Celebrated At Itasca State Park
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GW's 2016 Wild West Road Trip, Aug. 15 - Sept. 11, 2016
0:00 Smokey Bear Historical Park museum, Capitan, New Mexico
1:13 Headwaters of the Pecos River, Cowles, New Mexico
1:48 Runners receiving cheers after Pikes Peak Ascent, Manitou Springs, Colorado
2:38 Tom preparing BBQ Mexican tacos
3:24 Wind turbines in southeast Wyoming
3:57 Horse-drawn stagecoach in Jackson, Wyoming
4:21 Eruption of Old Faithful geyser, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
8:04 Inside Lake Yellowstone Hotel lobby, Yellowstone National Park
8:28 Mud Volcano, Yellowstone National Park
9:17 Lower Falls (from Artist Point), Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
9:39 BIG bison walking down the highway, Yellowstone National Park
10:27 Upper Falls, viewed from Uncle Tom's Parking Area, Yellowstone National Park
11:08 Brink of the Lower Falls, Yellowstone National Park
12:54 Inside Glacier Park Lodge, E. Glacier Park, Montana
13:33 Mountain stream on Highline Trail, Glacier National Park
14:11 Aster Falls, Two Medicine Lake, Glacier National Park
14:52 Grizzly bear sow with her 2 cubs, Hwy. 2, just west of E. Glacier
15:38 Musician Benjamin from Austin, performing in Glacier Park Lodge
18:28 Amtrak train, departing eastbound from West Glacier railroad depot
19:37 Gödöllő, Hungary sub-camp of Area 3 during the 1967 Boy Scout World Jamboree, Farragut State Park, Idaho
20:06 Flock of wild turkeys near Scott Field in Farragut State Park
21:23 Ranger Lisa leading the Fiery Furnace Tour in Arches National Park, Utah
22:06 Grand View Point Overlook, Island in the Sky district, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
22:33 Horseshoe Bend Overlook, Colorado River, Glen Canyon, Arizona
23:54 Wahweap Overlook, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Hwy. 89 north of Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona
24:32 Ranger Rachel leading the 8:30 am Nature Walk near the Grand Canyon North Rim Visitor Center, Arizona
25:50 Texaz Grill steakhouse, Phoenix, Arizona
26:35 Max's Sports Bar, Glendale, Arizona
27:10 Phoenix Texas Exes, Football Game Watch Party vs. Notre Dame, Thirsty Lion Sports Bar, Tempe, Arizona
30:39 Piestewa Peak hiking trail, Phoenix, Arizona
32:24 Valley Metro light rail train station, N. 19th Ave. @ W. Northern Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona
33:19 Live country music band & children's slide, Rustler's Rooste, South Mountain, Phoenix
34:12 Entrance ramp meter traffic lights, southbound I-17, Phoenix
34:26 Interpretive trail signs, Picacho Peak State Park, Arizona
35:56 Saguaro National Park, Tucson, Arizona
36:51 Brian entertaining us with his guitar
39:08 New Mexico landscape panorama
39:26 Highlights from the 263-acre Windlinger Ranch in the beautiful Texas hill country
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