Fort Union Artist-in-Residence - Melissa Weinman and Lorenzo Vigil on Big Blend Radio

On this episode of Big Blend Radio, artist Melissa Weinman shares her National Parks Arts Foundation Artist-in-Residence experience at Fort Union National Monument in Northern Mexico! Plus, Park Superintendent Lorenzo Vigil shares the Fort’s history of once being the largest frontier military post and supply center of the southwest. It also was the hub of commerce, national defense, and migration at the final stretch of the Santa Fe Trail.

More at:
http://www.melissaweinman.com/
https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/
https://www.nps.gov/foun/index.htm

Featured music is "Clouds Alive in Wild Paint” by Mae Edwards. http://maeedwards.com/