Shining Bright
hat a wonderful surprise to find my grandparents’ homestead on the cover of the August issue. They built the house just outside Carrizozo in the early 1900s. My grandfather Charles Edward Smith worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad and had a cattle ranch. and for many years. By the time I was born around 1950, they had moved, but I have many fond memories of Sunday afternoon picnics at the old house with my sister and cousins.