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Vaughn is actually a fascinating place, it is incredible to envision the amount of businesses and people there at one time that for some reason vanished years ago. In 1980, there were the ruins of a old time Ford dealer still there on the main street and in the back were a few acres of extremely overgrown cars from 1930-1960, all abandoned, without glass, and some were extremely rare, including some wooden station wagons, a flattened Kaiser Darrin, Crestliners, Auburns, Packards, etc..alot more. Looked like the dealer hauled them in off the highway for years after they broke down or were abandoned and then for some reason, everything was left and forgotten. Got some great pictures of it all, the cars have since been scrapped and the vintage Ford sign is gone too. Also check off the main drag a few blocks to north to find the really old abandoned remnants of the "downtown" from over 100 years back.....
I haven't read all the threads, but would recommend Tularosa. It's a small, historic village started back in 1860's. The mission, St Francis dePaula dates back to 1865. The village is lush with vegetation despite being in a desert, because of the acequias’ or ditch system that feeds water to the village and ranches west of here. It is an oasis in an otherwise desert environment!
google it or like it on Facebook.
Oh yeah, there are many photographs to take, (I'm a photographer also) if you search me on facebook (Marcos Lee) I'll share some with you!
My pleasure! Will try to think up a few more items for you. If I do any more thinking I'm going to talk myself into a road trip!
Just thought of something. It's a book that I recommend and it's something you can buy online as Amazon has them for sale (used) for about $4 and up. It's called New Mexico Place Names- A Geographical Dictionary. Written by T.M. Pearce, it is a great read. It's 165 pages and was originally pressed in 1965. I lived in New Mexico in the early 1980's and bought my copy at that time. Some great information here about towns, mountain ranges, valleys, etc., and why they were named that way. Does that book give you some ideas in regards to what you want? Yes. A couple examples is the valley Jornada Del Muerto, the vast area southeast of Socorro as the book gives some information about. Same thing with Cedar Crest, east of Albuquerque, which apparently had a sanitorium for tuberculosis patients there.
It's a great read!
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