Cimarron

n 1841, Carlos Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda received a grant of land from the governor of New Mexico in the northeastern part of the Mexican province. Frontier conditions prevented colonization of the grant until 1848, when Beaubien's son-in-law Lucien...

Situated where the High Plains meet the Rocky Mountains and where the Santa Fe Trail crosses the Cimarron River, the village of Cimarrón has a richly varied history. Spectacular rock columns, thick seams of coal, dinosaur footprints, pit houses, and...

The last train to leave Cimarron, New MexicoThe story of the last train to leave Cimarron endevors to answer two questions: Why did the railroad industry pull out of Cimarron, New Mexico and when did the last train leave?To answer these questions the...

  Originally published in "The Springer Tribune" entitled "Colfax County Sketches".  This takes us from the beginning of the "Ponil People" to the present.  This is a trek through history "Out in God's Country". A History of Colfax...