New life in a ghost town

(Quay County Sun) GLENRIO - This longtime Route 66 ghost town on the easternmost edge of Quay County suddenly appears to be getting its first business in more than 40 years. Subcontractors from the Amarillo area descended on the Texas-New Mexico border town last week to set up a temporary chain-link fence around the long-abandoned State Line Cafe and Texas Longhorn Motel complex - the latter known for its sign that stated it was the first or last motel in Texas - and remove their rotted roofs. Continued

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Ancho, New Mexico

(Wikipedia) ... With the arrival of the railway in 1901 and the discovery of gypsum and clay, the Ancho Brick Plant was established and began producing bricks. The plant eventually grew to 16 kilns. In 1906, the Ancho Brick Plant supplied several tons of bricks which were shipped by railway to San Francisco to help rebuild the city after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Continued

General Store

White Oaks, New Mexico

"No Scum Allowed Saloon," White Oaks, New Mexico

Seems like a sound policy

Abandoned School: White Oaks, New Mexico

Maybe it's the hill it sits on, but this school struck us as foreboding.

Abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad Station

Ancho, New Mexico

Why This Woman Chooses to Live in a Ghost Town

(Outside) As one of the only inhabitants of an abandoned railway stop in eastern New Mexico, Debra Dawson has been social distancing for decades. Attracted to its history and surrounding landscape, she's found happiness far away from just about everyone. Continued

Ghost Town Roundup: Nara Visa, New Mexico

Nara Visa is still partially inhabited, so mind your manners.

Rath City, Texas

Buffalo Skulls

(Wikipedia) Rath City was a frontier town which existed for fewer than five years and is now a ghost town. The town was located on the Double Mountain Fork Brazos River, 14 miles northwest of Hamlin in southern Stonewall County, Texas, United States. The town was founded in 1876.
Its original establishment was meant to capitalize on the buffalo trade and it was Stonewall County's first settlement. In 1877, the town housed a store, two saloons, a dance hall, and a few tents and dugouts. The town's namesake was Charles Rath, whose store, built in 1875, was the structure around which the village grew. Continued

Ghost Town Roundup: Yeso, New Mexico

Yeso is entirely abandoned, but their are folks nearby who'll probably stop by to see
what you're up to, but if you're not up to anything, you'll be just fine.

Quay County contains dozens of ghost towns*

The past is strewn all over Quay County.

(Quay County Sun) On a wall of the Quay County Clerk's office hangs a 1964 map of ghost towns in New Mexico.
The New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources compiled the map, of which copies are available from the office for a fee. In Quay County, the map shows about 20 ghost towns that might be unfamiliar even to longtime residents - towns with names such as Tipton, Revuelto, Canode, Adberg, Ard and Hanley.
It turns out the map far underestimated the number of defunct settlements in Quay County. Continued

*Not Really: Most of the towns listed in the article have disappeared entirely. Your best bet for classic ghost towns in the region are Glenrio, Nara Visa, Cuervo, and Yeso.

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Mt. Dora, New Mexico.

Storefront: Mt. Dora



Mount Dora is about 18 miles northwest of Clayton, NM.

 

Country Church, or not

This may have been a church, or maybe it was a school, or maybe both. I do know it's in Grenville, New Mexico.

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Grenville, New Mexico, just a stone's throw from the Colorado & Southern Railway (now BNSF), was founded in 1888 and named for Grenville Dodge, a prominent soldier and railroad executive. The town's population peaked at around 250 people and is now mostly abandoned.

Ghost Towns You Can Own: 5 For Sale Right Now, and 5 That Sold

Cuervo, New Mexico is not on the list. (Sixgun Siding)

The median price for a home in this country is $279,500, according to Zillow. But you can spend less right now and live in your own town – all by yourself. Continued

Ghost Town Roundup: Glenrio, Texas - New Mexico

Glenrio straddles the Texas/New Mexico border, just south of I-40. It's a must for vintage Route 66 fans. Like all ghost towns, it ain't your property, so stay out of the buildings.