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City of Dust: Negra, New Mexico

2017-07-27 John Mulhouse City of Dust 10 comments

Paying a Visit to the Williams It’s time to head south out of House, New Mexico, drop down off the

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City of Dust: House, New Mexico

2017-07-14 John Mulhouse City of Dust 9 comments

On the Edge of the Staked Plain The more I learn about the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain, the massive

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City of Dust: Pep, New Mexico

2017-07-08 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

A Lively and Energetic Place The first thing that strikes one about Pep, at least before visiting, is its name.

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City of Dust: Ancho, New Mexico

2017-06-29 John Mulhouse City of Dust 6 comments

Hitting the Bricks Lincoln County, New Mexico is Billy the Kid country. The Kid gained his reputation in the Lincoln

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City of Dust: Cuervo, New Mexico

2017-06-09 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

Where Crows Flew When it comes to ghost towns, it doesn’t get much better than Cuervo, New Mexico. Its condition

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City of Dust: Encino, New Mexico

2017-05-31 John Mulhouse City of Dust 41 comments

After the Depot I spend a lot of time on US Highway 60. Not only do I travel the road

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City of Dust: Chloride, New Mexico

2017-05-24 John Mulhouse City of Dust, What to Do Leave a comment

A Resurrection I’ll admit that many of the places I visit are run-down and lonesome and the tales tend to

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City of Dust: Lake Valley, New Mexico

2017-05-15 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

The Bridal Chamber Let’s check out Lake Valley, site of the famous Bridal Chamber Mine. Lake Valley lies in the

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City of Dust: Dawson, New Mexico

2017-05-06 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Way Down in the Mines It’s dark as a dungeon and damp as the dew; Where the dangers are double

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City of Dust: Dunlap, New Mexico

2017-04-27 John Mulhouse City of Dust 7 comments

Little Place on the Prairie The Homestead Act of 1862 was an attempt by the U.S. government to entice citizens

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City of Dust: Elizabethtown, New Mexico

2017-04-20 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

From what I can tell, people who read City of Dust are pretty much split between those who enjoy the

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City of Dust: San Antonio, New Mexico

2017-04-13 John Mulhouse City of Dust 6 comments

The Roots of Paris Hilton Around the turn of the 20th Century, a boy would walk from his father’s mercantile

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City of Dust: Duran, New Mexio

2017-03-31 John Mulhouse City of Dust 5 comments

The Last Hanging Crime Someday I’ll tell you a tale of a town that didn’t owe its very existence to

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City of Dust: Yeso, New Mexico

2017-03-26 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Life (and Death) by Railroad Most of the ghost towns I visit have been written about by Philip Varney in

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City of Dust: Dripping Springs, New Mexico

2017-03-09 John Mulhouse City of Dust One comment

Cool Water The hike from the Dripping Springs Natural Area visitor center to a cluster of lovely old ruins tucked

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City of Dust: Organ, New Mexico

2017-03-02 John Mulhouse City of Dust 36 comments

Pat Garret Really Should Have Stayed the Night Organ, New Mexico isn’t really a ghost town these days, but I’m

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City of Dust: Taiban, New Mexico

2017-02-15 John Mulhouse City of Dust 10 comments

Whiskey and the Devil Taiban is known for its old Presbyterian Church, a lonely, gutted house of worship visited by

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City of Dust: Claunch, New Mexico

2017-01-31 John Mulhouse City of Dust 11 comments

Pinto Beans and Singing Conventions Claunch’s position in central New Mexico put it firmly within the pinto bean empire of

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City of Dust: Fort Bayard, New Mexico

2017-01-20 John Mulhouse City of Dust 2 comments

[El Chuqueño welcomes contributor John Mulhouse, who writes about ghost towns. This piece originally appeared in the City of Dust

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