A Ghost Town with Spirit
CRESTA TERRELL HAS A REQUEST. The proprietor of the Old Kelly Store does not want this story to begin with a description of the road to Mogollón, as so many tend to. Instead, let’s reflect on what a…
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Get Creative in Madrid
THE AUGUST SUN BEATS DOWN ON the lively patio of Refinery 14, where NM 14 ambles through the center of Madrid. Hemmed by a rough coyote fence under a gnarled salt cedar, the former outdoor space of…
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Remembering Dawson
The road to Dawson is five miles of hard-packed red dirt that runs along the Vermejo River into a network of foothills and canyons. If you’re lucky enough to travel there in summer, you’ll turn off US…
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Kingston Ghost Town Museum Gets New Life
A BLUEGRASS TRIO JAMS in the shade of a refurbished adobe home, its textured walls painted white and roof trimmed with a dusty turquoise. Notes from the stand-up bass, guitar, and mandolin provide…
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Dig Deep at the Black Range Lodge
A "FIT OF NAIVETE" COMPELLED Catherine Wanek to purchase the Black Range Lodge, in Kingston, in 1984. Never did she suspect that what she wanted—a writer’s retreat from Hollywood screenwriting—would…
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Explore Historic Ratón
GERALDINE CHICARELLI DAVIS TEETERS ATOP a sharply cut bank, peering into the sluggish creek below. She remembers when it flowed with enough force for children to splash and swim for days. She…
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Melinda Bonewell Finds a Home in Madrid
Melinda Bonewell owns the Mine Shaft Tavern, in Madrid. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. MELINDA BONEWELL TRADED SEATTLE’S RAIN FOR the sunny skies of New Mexico 18 years ago when she moved to the…
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Take Your Pick Between These Old Mining Towns
An old adobe homestead sits in Lake Valley, just southwest of Truth or Consequences. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. A CENTURY'S WORTH OF PRAYERS bolster the restored adobe chapel at the Lake Valley…
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Chloride After the Boom
Visitors to Chloride can see former mining buildings. HAD DON EDMUND NOT TAKEN A WRONG TURN on Labor Day weekend in 1977, the town of Chloride might have fallen faster. Instead, Edmund fell for the…
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Karen Haughness Shares What Makes White Oaks Special
Karen Haughness owns the always popular No Scum Allowed Saloon, in White Oaks. Photograph by Andrew Kornylak. ALBUQUERQUE NATIVE KAREN HAUGHNESS MOVED AROUND before settling in the tiny town of White…
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