Publication: Privately printed, 2024, Las Vegas
First edition. 4to. Color pictorial wrappers showing a picture of a church and cemetery in La Pintada. 183 pp., dedication, introduction, contents, illustrations. A fascinating exploration of twenty-nine communities or settlements in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, that have been abandoned or nearly abandoned. The towns are listed alphabetically and includes photographs and other ephemera to illustrate many of these abandoned places. Each ghost town includes new information as well as directories. Also includes old newspaper articles about events that occurred in these old settlements. Descriptions about their locations is provided as well as a section offering pictures of several of the old schoolhouses. As new, unread copy.
Inventory Number: 52599