Legend has it...

That in 1948, LL Bailey of El Paso, a master carpenter, needed to get away from the wife for a day. He drove up to Ruidoso and purchased two acres of land and began building a log cabin.

After several years and several “days” away from the wife, he found that he had 23 log cabins. So, he decided to fund his venture by renting them out.

Back then Ruidoso was a 4 month vacation area. In 1963, Sierra Blanca ski resort opened, now called Ski Apache, making Ruidoso a year round vacation destination.

Apache Village Cabins then acclaimed as a “Modern Cabin Village” became too much for LL Bailey to operate, as his wife wouldn’t allow him to be away from El Paso year round.

He decided to sell his modern cabin village and it changed owners several times until it fell into the hands of your current hosts Dale and Stacie. With a lot of work and care, we are in the process of returning Apache Village to the grandeur it once was when LL Bailey began working on his dream.