DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, THE: A True Story

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The Scenic Byway is a curvy road that runs from southeastern Arizona north. It is between the towns of Clifton and Alpine. a b Staff (2006). "Environmental Assessment US491 South Corridor phase B MP15 to MP46" (PDF). New Mexico Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2009 . Retrieved June 12, 2008. From then on we witness their collective ordeal in the desert corridor known as The Devil's Highway. The personal touch is effective here, so we see each man with a name, a family, a history, and a specific dream or purpose for coming to America.

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The New Mexico-Colorado state line is where the highway passes from the Navajo Nation to Ute Mountain Ute tribal lands. The highway passes to the east of the tribe's namesake, Ute Mountain, believed to belong to a great warrior god of the Ute People. [13] US491 proceeds diagonally to the northwest in the extreme southwestern corner of the state. [14] The highway exits tribal lands near Cortez and Mesa Verde National Park. After leaving Cortez, the road gradually rises in elevation while proceeding towards Utah. Here, the route features large pinto bean farming regions including Dove Creek, which bills itself as the "pinto bean capital of the world". [15] Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is located along the ascent, just west of the highway. Along this ascent is an access road for Hovenweep National Monument at the state line. A portion of the road in Colorado has been designated the Trail of the Ancients, a National Scenic Byway, which uses US491 as an access for these parks and monuments in southwest Colorado. [16] Utah [ edit ] Devil's Highway then passes through Windsor Forest towards Crowthorne. In this area, the road is probably more defined than anywhere else. The Devil’s Highway is a thrilling, heart-pounding gallop across the ages in one rather unloved corner of southern England, as we hurtle towards climate breakdown. Time loops, leitmotifs echo and shapes shift in this bruising, poetic clarion call to action.”– Mike Parker This story became an international tragedy after it focused attention on the heartbreak and astounding physical trials of such a journey. The Yuma-14 (or the Wellstone 26), as the group is called, also shed light on the problems of U.S. immigration and the complex relationship between the United States and Mexico.

A brilliant deep-time meditation on how landscapes hold – and conceal – meanings.” Robert Macfarlane Those that know of the terrors of this haunted place also identify it appropriately as the one and only “Devil’s Highway”. While it is true that there are many urban legends, rumors, and tall tales that are associated with this particular stretch of road, there are also many facts that relate to this road-such as statistics on accidents and even deaths. The Devil’s Highway is held together by place, by the persistence and frailty of the natural world, and by the havoc wreaked on it by its human inhabitants. Spanning three civilisations and their conflictual relationship with the world in which they live, the novel is also a deeply human examination of the cruelties people inflict on one another, through war and need, and of the eventual possibility of love, the only defence against the destructive force of fire.”– Charles LambertA neurosurgeon with a passion for literature tragically finds his perfect subject after his diagnosis of terminal lung cancer. Acclaimed writer Luís Alberto Urrea tells the story of the Wellton 26 (sometimes referred to as the Yuma 14), a group of illegal immigrants, mostly from the impoverished southern Mexican state of Veracruz, who became lost in the treacherous Yuma desert after a series of fatal mistakes made by their smuggler, or pollero, Jesús “Mendez” Lopez Ramos. Contrary to images of deserts as lifeless wastelands, I found myself crossing a spectacularly complex ecosystem," wrote Michael Benanav of his Devil's Highway trip in The New York Times. "The Sonoran is the most biodiverse desert in the world. This section of it alone is home to more than 275 animal species (not counting insects), and some 400 types of plants, including the saguaro cactus. Perhaps the most likable member of the plant kingdom, each saguaro appears to have a unique personality."