Brown Bag Lecture “Railroads in New Mexico Agriculture and Rural Life”

Tuesday, February 12 at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum

February’s Brown Bag Lecture will feature Cameron Saffell, who will speak on the railroad’s impact on the agriculture of Las Cruces and the region. The event will be held at the Las Cruces Railroad Museum at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 12. Light refreshments will be provided. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Saffell has been Curator of History at the New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum since 1999. A native of Lubbock, TX, his personal research specialties include cotton agriculture in the American West, subject of his recent Ph.D. dissertation from Iowa State University, and the history of Texas and the American Southwest in the 19th & 20th centuries.

The Railroad Museum is accessible and located at the intersection of Las Cruces Avenue and N. Mesilla Street. For more information, call 575-647-4480 or visit the website http://museums.las-cruces.org//rrmuseum.shtm.