The State and Border Economy
(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Editors’ Note: Today’s article is a continuation of Frontera NorteSur’s occasional New Mexico Centennial of Statehood series that reflects on the past, present and future of the southern New Mexico borderland since 1912. This piece is the first installment of a three-part mini-series on the economic history of Dona Ana County during the last one hundred years. The article is a broad look at major developments and trends in the county.
How Government Developed a Border County
In the long view of history, one hundred years is a flash in the pan. A mere century ago, the US-Mexico border county of Dona Ana was a different world. Upriver, there was no Elephant Butte Dam to channel and store the Rio Grande that waters the vast pecan forest and many export crops that today cover large parts of the county.
There was no world-famous Hatch chile festival, and in fact the cherished long green New Mexican chile variety had not yet been released by Dr. Fabian Garcia, the son of a Mexican immigrant domestic worker and the inventor of the state’s emblematic pepper variety.
A horse-and-buggy world prevailed for the 12,893 souls residing in the sprawling, rural county. The Internet, satellite phone communications and jet travel were all wild dreams. Fifty six students attended New Mexico A&M College in the small town of Las Cruces.
In 2010, the US Census counted 209,233 residents in Dona Ana County. A large shopping mall, a brand new convention center and whiffs of internal combustion congestion mark the county seat of Las Cruces, while an expanded highway- built with federal stimulus funds heralding from the Great Recession- whisks cars and trucks back and forth along Interstate 10 to El Paso and Ciudad Juarez now only minutes away.
What was once a lengthy day trip to El Paso through country lanes is now a short, daily commute for many. In the regional picture, Dona Ana County can be considered the northern zone of the Paso del Norte borderplex made up of greater El Paso, Ciudad Juarez and Las Cruces, which together represented home to about 2.4 million people in 2010, according to last year’s US and Mexican censuses.
A tad north of the county line, Spaceport America prepares to zip deep-pocketed tourists into the heavens for $200,000 a joy ride, while on the south end of the county, in Santa Teresa, a bustling border port of entry processes the electronic toys of the age produced south of the border for enjoyment north of the border.
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