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Town name Other name(s) County Location Settled Abandoned Current status Remarks Alamocita: New Alamosa: Sierra: 1867: 1880: Submerged: Town was abandoned in 1880, due to change in the course of the Rio Grande, some ranches remained. Site was submerged by the Elephant Butte Reservoir. Aleman: Aleman Ranch: Sierra: 1868: 1875: Historic site
Dawson (also Mountview) is a ghost town in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States. [1] Dawson is located approximately 17 miles (27.4 km) northeast of Cimarron, and was the site of two separate coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923. In 1950, the mines were closed, [2] and by 1954 the last residents had left and the post office closed. [3]
By the late 1890s the mines had become exhausted and the population dwindled. Today White Oaks is a ghost town, with just a few buildings still standing. Susan McSween Barber, widow of Alexander McSween who was killed during the Lincoln County War, became known as the "Cattle Queen of New Mexico" in the late 19th century. She bought and ...
In 1902 the New Mexico Fuel and Iron Company was established to develop coal mines in the locality. The name "Hagan" was chosen for the site in 1904, named after a local official of the AT&SF Railroad, no doubt to encourage the extension of a railroad spur to serve the mines. Initially, coal was hauled by wagon to the railroad main line at San ...
After the Santa Rita mine was converted to an open pit in 1901, the town was forced to move several times as the pit grew. Shortly after the town relocated in 1957, heavy rains washed boulders and mud into the new townsite. [8] The town was abandoned once and for all in 1967, and the school system for the area was discontinued in 1972. [9]
Shakespeare is a ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. [2] It is currently part of a privately owned ranch, sometimes open to tourists. The entire community was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]
About a mile from the cemetery is the southwest New Mexico ghost town of Shakespeare where their spirits linger. Walk down what was once Avon Avenue and there are rock foundations where saloons ...
The town was established as a mining camp and named after Belle Dixon, the wife of a prospector who was one of the first investors in the area, on August 28, 1894. [1] By December, La Belle boasted 80 buildings, including three saloons, a hotel, a restaurant, a mercantile store, and butcher, blacksmith, and feed shops.