New Mexico Ghost Towns

[Highmountain]

I hadn't noticed or had forgotten there's a forum on here devoted to ghost towns. I'd been posting a number of those within my personal experience on the NEW MEXICO forum threads. Never dawned on me anyone outside NM would be interested in them.

I'll link the to this so's anyone of a general ghost town curiosity can find them if they wish:

Obscure Ghost Towns in New Mexico
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,159136.0.html
http://snipurl.com/2aep8 [forum_treasurenet_com]

Florida Near Deminng
Marquez Ghost Town - North of Laguna Rez
Riley - West of Ladron
Zuni Mountains - Post Office Flat and Copperton
Stinking Springs, Grasshopper Canyon north to Fort Wingate southern boundary
Ojo Caliente Apache Stronghold, US Army post, Apache Agency
Rosedale South of Magdalena
Point Site on 117 south of El Malpais
Salt Lake south of Fence Lake

Obscure New Mexico Ghost Towns
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,159136.0.html

Taiban near Fort Sumner
Bosque Redondo - Old Fort Sumner
Colfax Ghost Town NE of Cimarron
Mount Riley east of Columbus

Milligan Plaza and the 'Texas War' of Elfego Baca - Reserve
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,159884.0.html

Fence Lake, Atarque ghost town, Jaralosa Canyon, Fort Atarque, Santa Rita Mesa
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,157677.0.html

Garrison New Mexico and old farm site [Between Portales and Lovington]
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,159272.0.html

Ancho Ghost Town N of Carrizoso
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,157901.0.html

Jack

 

[al-nm]

at hobbs new mexico take Knowles road north around 5 miles. on the right side of the road you will see whats left of a cement bank vault. this is what is now left of the old town of knowles. it was a thriving community until around the depression when it was wiped out due to sickness from various types of flu etc etc. the gentlemen that own the land now i have talked to in the past. then i wasnt detecting just loved the past. we found lots of old glass etc just laying on top soil. they said there were nice two story homes when the town was thriving. you will see lots of broken china etc laying around. should be some nice coins and relics. anyone in the town of hobbs can tell you where knowles road is if not its on the maps.

 

[Highmountain]

Re: New Mexico Ghost Towns - Madrid

They call Madrid a ghost town but it really isn't anymore. It's mostly art galleries, curiosity stores, coffee shops and touristas wandering among old buildings with new bidnesses in them, along with a locked-in-a-time-capsule biker/hippie resident community. However, a 4WD trip over the ridges to the east and west will still turn some interesting places. There are even ruins of some communes from the '60s back in the canyons to the west.

But on the hill to the west overlooking Madrid there's also a cemetary that provides a time-stream record of the town.

 

[Highmountain]

Re: New Mexico Ghost Towns - Madrid Cemetary

A few more:

 

[vibes]

Riley Ghost Town/cemetary

 

[Hemisteve]

Great pics!

Thanks for sharing. We hope to get to N.M. one of these days.
Steve

 

[vibes]

I loved Riley, even tho it took me forever to get there!  Ahh, yes, I had to remind myself, 'it's ALL about the adventure!' 

I spanked the hell outta my rental car!

Gunned it thru an arroyo...passed the pissy cows and onto a genuine ghost town

I can't wait to go back!

 

[arkhunter]

thank you for some great pics.