By the Wayside: Cuchillo, New Mexico Not far from Truth or Consequences, a (longish) stone’s throw from I-25, is Cuchillo,

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By the Wayside: Cuchillo, New Mexico Not far from Truth or Consequences, a (longish) stone’s throw from I-25, is Cuchillo,
We Will Shoot the Lights Out for You In the fall of 2005, I was driving from Oklahoma to Taos
Days Too Late Originally known as Vermejo Junction, Colfax was established in 1869 and took its name from Schuyler Colfax,
Almost Gone About seven miles south of Ancho, down an unexpectedly bumpy gravel county road (I’ve gotta learn to pay
A Tale of Two Towns Those of you who are fans of the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote might be
Music on the Wind Today let’s visit the banks of the Puerco and explore the history of Guadalupe, New Mexico.
Empty Desks In Socorro County, New Mexico, tucked off a side road that parallels I-25, not far from a muddy
Too Small to be a Village, Not Large Enough to be a Town On Highway 55, about 40 miles south
No Rattlesnakes/No Pinto Beans Let’s stay in central New Mexico for one more post and add yet another piece to
I’ve been listening to a lot of Janis Joplin lately because of a dead woman. She died in late middle-age
A Tale of Three Lucy’s Let’s get back on Highway 60 and drive just a little bit west of Negra
This Is Not a Ghost Town Hillsboro, New Mexico, at the foot of the Black Range, almost 20 miles west
The Way Things Weren’t Kingston, New Mexico isn’t a ghost town. But it’s also not the place of which it
Peace in the Valley Okay, it’s true that Monticello, New Mexico isn’t a full-on ghost town. Some folks do indeed
Almost No Kicks If you drive east of last week’s featured town of Newkirk on old Route 66, at some
Getting Less Kicks Newkirk, New Mexico is a bit of an enigma. It doesn’t show up in ghost town guides–probably
When Your Rope’s Too Long Clayton, New Mexico is a little bit out of the way. You’re probably not going
A Town With Two Names While the Man with No Name might feel right at home in the ghost town
High Pines About seven miles north of Silver City, New Mexico, on Hwy 15, at the gateway to the massive
In the Shadow of the Buffalo Hunters There are some towns out on the eastern plains of New Mexico, not