Ghost Towns and Movie Sets in New Mexico

Ghost towns:

Alma - Alma was once the headquarters for Butch Cassidy's "Wild Bunch".

Cerrillos - In this "ghost town," the dusty streets are filled with traffic much like they were more than a century ago.

Chloride - Area mines produced ore such as copper, lead and zinc.

Clairmont - Deep in Catron County, this town ever measured up to expectations.

Cubero - Once a famous stopover for Ernest Hemingway and Lucille Ball.

Elizabethtown - Hangout for notorious gunmen including Black Jack Ketchum and Clay Allison.

Golden - Long home to Native Americans and the Spanish, the town boomed when gold was discovered.

Lake Valley - The most fabulous lode of silver the world has ever known.

Loma Parda - Haunted by the spirits of prostitutes who come down from Cafion de Las Pelones.

Madrid - The company town is now home to galleries, melodrama and a thriving arts community.

McCartys - The gateway to Acoma Pueblo and El Malpais.

Mogollón - Mogollón, a former mining town located in the Mogollón Mountains, was home to Little Fanny.

Montoya - On the Eastern Plains, the town of Montoya was a loading station.

San Fidel - A small Hispanic community on Route 66 that includes a number of picturesque buildings..

Shakespeare - A silver mining town with rumors of riches.

Steins - A privately-owned ghost town with a population of two.

Winston - Only a few families remain in Winston now.

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Movie Sets:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - The year was l955, and the film The Man From Laramie, starring Jimmy Stewart.

Cerrillos -The remaining buildings on old Front Street look have been used in some 13 movies including The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca, Young Guns, Young Guns II, and Vampires.

Cook Ranch & the Silverado Set - The endless airy vistas unique to the Galisteo Basin, where Silverado and Lonesome Dove were filmed.

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad - The railroad's six steam-powered locomotives evoke a beautiful and romantic screen presence, with the great power, beauty and determined grace.

Eaves Movie Ranch - J. W. Eaves built a Western town where you can climb the plank steps to the boardwalk flanking the saloon, bank, and mercantiles of the Old West period.

Madrid - The feature film Wild Hogs was filmed throughout New Mexico but primarily in the Madrid/Cerrillos area.

White Sands National Monument - The locations of the films King Solomon's Mines and New Eden used White Sands to evoke new lands and futuristic worlds.

Zia Pueblo - The 122,000-acre reservation has been filmed as another planet for the television series Earth 2 and as Grand Canyon territory for the miniseries The Fire Next Time.

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