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New Mexico
Tolar Santa Fe railroad town
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Old bottlesAlso reported: Barber and Mercury dimes, Indian Head and wheat cents, homestead household items, cartridge cases.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1905-1946 Belen Cutoff railroad town
A stop on the Santa Fe Railway's Belen Cutoff that grew from a tent camp to about 600 people by 1911 before shrinking through the 1920s. A 1944 munitions train explosion destroyed most of the buildings and the post office closed in 1946.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
active railroadHighway traffic, possible explosion debris
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