Elephant Butte Dam turns 100 years old

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Jesse Higgins operates the power plant and serves as an electrician at the century-old Elephant Butte Dam in central New Mexico.
“It is an amazing feeling to just think about 100 years and this place is still just rocking and rolling,” Higgins mused.
Higgins joined about 100 dignitaries and fellow Bureau of Reclamation staffers this week to celebrate the dam’s centennial. Even New Mexico Governor Susanna Martinez helped dedicate the ne