Famous Dixon Apple Orchard Might Survive

Santa Fe New Mexican - At 1 a.m. Monday, Cochiti Canyon and Dixon's Apple Orchard were expected to elude the north-burning Las Conchas Fire. But within minutes, the blaze leaped the ridge holding it back and headed for the orchard and the family that has maintained it for more than a half-century. "It sounded like a jet coming over the mountain," Jim Mullane, co-operator of Dixon's Apple Orchard, said. He watched the flames burn a neighbor's cabin on the mountain before entering his canyon. Read full story here: News New Mexico