Tales of Guadalupe County Ghost Towns

Tales of Guadalupe County Ghost Towns is written as a follow-up version of my earlier Ghost Towns of Guadalupe County. There are a total for twenty-nine ghost towns included in the new ghost town version. There is also a section about the schools of the county and a list of all the post offices that have existed in the county. Each ghost town included has new information about it that is not repeated from the original book. Business directories for the ghost towns are included. Some of the ghost towns have several directories spread out over a period of years. Each directory is a snapshot in time and provides interesting information about the businesses and some of the people for the year covered. There are also old newspaper articles about events that occurred in the old settlements. Several are about murders that caught the attention of newspapers from throughout New Mexico. Other stories are about the deaths of some of the early pioneers. One of the communities was even plagued with strange happenings that were believed to be of supernatural origins. Other stories are about more pleasant or even whimsical events. Though many of the communities have long since disappeared into the past, others are still inhabited by a few scattered residences, though their glory days are long since gone. Descriptions about the location of each of the ghost towns also help provide information about where they may be found. Sadly, though reasons for their downfalls vary, they all share one common factor---at one time they were important communities inhabited by families who were working hard to earn a living. Each community was vibrant during its heyday. Their schools were often the community center for purposes other than merely education. People went to their local schools to vote, people often attended dances that were being held in the school building. The citizens supported their schools and understood the value of an education. One section is included that has pictures of several of those schools.