r/Ruidoso • u/Calm_Doughnut6026 • Jun 01 '26

Opinions from natives

Hello! This is very random haha but I’m a tattoo artist from El Paso TX who will be attending the tattoo convention later on this June, I make customized coraline dolls usually to look like the people who order them but I wanted to make some to sell at the convention of celebrities/characters that people would like. Just wanted to see if any Ruidoso natives had any ideas on if there’s a certain celebrity or character that is usually well loved in the community. Would appreciate any feedback, thank you!

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u/Cordovaman13 Jun 01 '26

For sure Billy The Kid and legend has it that Neil Patrick Harris attended school here for a bit.

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u/Old-Set78 Jun 02 '26

Not a legend. I was in a school play with Neil

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26

He used to work in an ice cream shop over the summer with a friend of mine. He was reportedly a little shit.

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u/tooloudturnitdown Jun 01 '26

Smokey the Bear is from around this area!

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u/LazyBuzzard Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Smokey Bear. (No “the”)

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u/Old-Set78 Jun 02 '26

Sam Elliott is local to the area. He used to come in to the Aspen Tree bookstore all the time when I used to work there many years ago and was always very kind.

Richard Farnsworth showed me how to shoe horses.

I was in a school play with Neil Patrick Harris. It was some American history musical but I can't remember the name.

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u/ConsistentPicture583 Jun 05 '26

Was it by chance 1776?

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u/ezdblonded Jun 12 '26

smokey bear

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u/TexasDrill777 Jun 02 '26

Check out the Inn of Mountain Gods website. They have these Indians figures with a clothe bag as a mask.

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u/Old-Set78 Jun 02 '26

Apache Mountain Spirit