Steins, New Mexico

Steins, New Mexico

Steins is a ghost town in Doubtful Canyon of Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It was originally called Stein's Pass after the nearby pass through the Peloncillo Mountains (Hidalgo County).[1] The pass was named after United States Army Major Enoch Steen, who camped nearby in 1856, as he explored the recently acquired Gadsden Purchase.[1]

History

A small Butterfield Overland Mail station existed in the Doubtful Canyon prior to the town's founding. In the 1860s, the soldiers of California Column fought a battle in the canyon close to the future townsite near Stein's Peak. The town was established in 1880 as a settlement along the Southern Pacific Railroad. Steins had no natural source of water, so all water had to be brought in by train. In 1905 a rock-crushing plant was built to produce track ballast for the railroad.[1] By the 1910 census Steins had its peak population of some 1,300 people.

In 1944, toward the end of World War II, the railway ceased operations at the Steins quarry and gave notice it would no longer subsidize water deliveries. The railway offered the inhabitants of Steins free transport elsewhere with what they could carry; most of the population accepted this offer, leaving their houses and many of their possessions behind. The Post Office in town closed at that time. Over time Steins was completely abandoned.

Part of old Steins burned down, but a large section remained, and was visited by tourists. It is unusual in the old West ghost towns in having been a railroad rather than a mining town.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Julyan, Robert Hixson (1998) "Embudo" The place names of New Mexico (2nd ed.) University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, pages 341-342, ISBN 0-8263-1688-3

External links

Coordinates: 32°13′45″N 108°59′22″W / 32.22917°N 108.98944°W / 32.22917; -108.98944


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • New Mexico State Highway 80 — Basisdaten Gesamtlänge:  21 mi/34 km Bundesstaat:  New Mexico …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • New Mexico State Route 80 — Basisdaten Gesamtlänge:  21 mi/34 km Anfangspunkt:  …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • New Mexico State Road 80 — State Road 80 Route information Maintained by NMDOT Length: 32.416 mi …   Wikipedia

  • Šteins — Steins bezeichnet: eine Geisterstadt im US Bundesstaat New Mexico, siehe Steins (New Mexico) einen Kleinplaneten im Asteroidengürtel zwischen Mars und Jupiter, siehe Šteins (Asteroid) Steins ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Georg Steins… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Steins — bezeichnet: einen Ortsteil der Gemeinde Weischlitz im Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen eine Geisterstadt im US Bundesstaat New Mexico, siehe Steins (New Mexico) einen Kleinplaneten im Asteroidengürtel zwischen Mars und Jupiter, siehe (2867) Šteins Steins… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Hidalgo County, New Mexico — Location of Hidalgo County in New Mexico This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of… …   Wikipedia

  • Hidalgo County, New Mexico — US County infobox county = Hidalgo County state = New Mexico map size = 200 founded = February 25, 1919 seat = Lordsburg largest city = Lordsburg | area total sq mi =3446 area water sq mi =0.38 area percentage = 0.01% census yr = 2000 pop = 5932… …   Wikipedia

  • New Jersey gubernatorial election, 2009 — 2005 ← November 3, 2009 → 2013 …   Wikipedia

  • Henwoodit — Türkis (Mineral) Türkiskiesel, ca. 2,5 cm groß Chemische Formel Cu(Al,Fe)6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4 H2O Mineralklasse Wasserhaltige Phosphate mit fremden Anionen VII/D.15–40 (8. Aufl.) (nach …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Kallait — Türkis (Mineral) Türkiskiesel, ca. 2,5 cm groß Chemische Formel Cu(Al,Fe)6(PO4)4(OH)8 · 4 H2O Mineralklasse Wasserhaltige Phosphate mit fremden Anionen VII/D.15–40 (8. Aufl.) (nach …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”