The community didn't have electricity until the 1960s, and it wasn't until 1980, after a frustrating effort to secure federal money, that the tribe was able to establish schools on the reservation. 'We don't have a store, there's no post office, no gas station,' says Apachito. From Alamo, it's 220 miles to Window Rock, Ariz., the Navajo Nation's capital. There's only one good road in and out of Alamo: Narrow, roller-coaster State Highway 169, which winds 30 miles through the red-dirt, pi–on-dotted outback of east-central New Mexico. It is detached and isolated from the better-known, main Navajo Nation, which sprawls across the Four Corners area. T'iistsoh sikaadi, the Navajo name for Alamo, is home to about 2,000 tribal members. 'Even some of our own people in the Navajo Nation don't know where we are here,' adds George Apachito, Alamo's stocky, serious and low-key chapter president. 'Or 'lamogordo,' ' the city in southern New Mexico. Many New Mexicans are unsure where Alamo is, says Alamo Chapter Community Services Coordinator Michael Secatero. 25 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.ALAMO CHAPTER, Navajo Nation, N.M.- Click on the 'FAQs' link at the Web site for the Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation and you'll find only one question: 'Where is Alamo?' Definitely worth a visit when you’re travelling on U.S. The building also hosts a variety store and travel information center. Service was excellent – our coffee cups were constantly being refilled by attentive hostesses, and prices were really reasonable. Absolutely yummy mouth-watering! I got it with the coleslaw side, which was good, but next time I’ll get the crunchy French fries. Great choice! It’s a big tortilla packed with lots of perfectly cooked steak, caramelized onions, and filled with Swiss cheese and spicy green chili. Both dishes were fantastic! It was so good, we came back for lunch, and asked the waitress for a recommendation: she suggested the Pueblo Sandwich. I ordered the Morning Star Breakfast (2 eggs, 2 strips bacon, 2 sausage links, with choice of French toast, biscuit & gravy, or 2 pancakes). For breakfast, my wife ordered the Breakfast Burrito (2 scrambled eggs, choice of bacon, sausage or ham, wrapped in a flour tortilla with cheese and choice of red or green chile) being diet-conscious, she ordered fresh tomatoes instead of the usual hash browns. Hidden in the middle of “nowhere”, the food served here is one of the best bargains in the greater Albuquerque area. 25, halfway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe at the San Felipe Casino exit, right behind the gas pumps. Hilton Grand Vacations Club on the Las Vegas Strip.

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