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New Mexico
Engle Santa Fe railroad cattle stop
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, saloon items.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1879-1955 railroad water stop and cattle shipping point
Founded in 1879 as a Santa Fe Railway water stop in the Jornada del Muerto, Engle became a cattle shipping point with several saloons from 1896 and reached about 500 people while Elephant Butte Dam was built (1911-1916). It fell to 75 people by the late 1920s and the post office closed in 1955.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active railroadRemote, nearby White Sands Missile Range boundary
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