
Many times I have passed by a large art installment in historic downtown Artesia, New Mexico, called "The Derrick Floor." Back on July 26, 2024, I finally stopped to check it all out. The...
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Many times I have passed by a large art installment in historic downtown Artesia, New Mexico, called "The Derrick Floor." Back on July 26, 2024, I finally stopped to check it all out. The...
Three bronze sculptures here in the middle of Artesia's "Oil Pioneer Plaza" were dedicated on April 24, 2004 as part of the 80th anniversary of the first commercial oil well in southeastern New...