Tag: New Mexico

Basic Information Name: White Oaks Where: New Mexico More Information: Official White Oaks webpage Narrative New Mexico has a number of ghost towns, but the “ghost town” of

This is a picture I took of the Animas Mountains located in the boot heel of southern New Mexico.  This rugged and remote area of the state is

This is a picture of a solitary windmill in the New Mexican desert along I-10.  Most of the land along I-10 is desert scrub land used for ranching. 

After driving across New Mexico Highway 9 from El Paso, Texas my wife and I pulled into the small town of Columbus, New Mexico.  This small  border town

This is a view of Highway 146 that runs to the US-Mexico border crossing at Antelope Wells which is located in the boot heel of New Mexico.

Old school located near the entrance to the Three River Petroglyphs Site in Southern New Mexico.

This is a picture of a rock formation just south of New Mexico’s Organ Mountains called the Bishop Cap.  I took this picture from the rest stop just

This picture is taken from the rest stop just west of Las Cruces, New Mexico that provides a great view of not only the city, but of the

The below pictures are from my drive to Columbus, New Mexico from El Paso, Texas.  Columbus would be nothing more than a long forgotten border town if it

There are many ghost towns in the Old West with many of them being in New Mexico.  Many of these ghost towns remain in obscurity, but one of