The Guadeloupe Range of West Texas and New Mexico – circa 1940

As much of the nation is blanketed by snow and freezing rain, I am sharing images of warmer and drier regions.

Texas, in particular, is suffering from lack of power and water.

It is an amazing contrast to the geological history of this area – the range was formed by the limestone reefs of an enormous warm sea that once covered the area.

In April of 1946, Miss Meta Jo McAllister of Glendale, Arizona received a postcard photograph of the Guadeloupe Range.

(We met Meta Jo in a previous postcard; her grandmother sent her a picture of seals in the harbor of San Francisco.)

Friends of Miss McAllister (Elva?) were visiting the Carlsbad Caverns in nearby New Mexico.

The friends were planning to go out “to look over the scenery”.

The tourists may have used the services of Jim White Mountain Tours – the firm published this postcard in White City, New Mexico.

The postcard was mailed from White City.

On the web, one can find the exciting history of this region – the ancient civilization there, the introduction of horses, the three distinct climates, and the creation of the Guadeloupe National Park.

The prospect of spending a day in a wind-swept, warm terrain with magnificent scenery is very appealing.