ON THE WAY TO SOMEPLACE ELSE
Encino, New Mexico, is located on US-285, which appears to be a popular connection between New Mexico and Texas based on the number of Texas license plates like this one I noticed during my drive to Roswell and back.
Encino is described in a 26-page book about the town as "a railroad town established along the Belen Cutoff Route shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. From its founding until the 1950s, Encino was a bustling farming, ranching and railroad community on the edge of New Mexico's eastern plains."
Today, while the railroad is still active in this location, trains sail by, as do cars, and the town has a population of 51. In fact Encino even has a listing on a website dedicated to New Mexico ghost towns.
ON THE WAY TO SOMEPLACE ELSE
Encino, New Mexico, is located on US-285, which appears to be a popular connection between New Mexico and Texas based on the number of Texas license plates like this one I noticed during my drive to Roswell and back.
Encino is described in a 26-page book about the town as "a railroad town established along the Belen Cutoff Route shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. From its founding until the 1950s, Encino was a bustling farming, ranching and railroad community on the edge of New Mexico's eastern plains."
Today, while the railroad is still active in this location, trains sail by, as do cars, and the town has a population of 51. In fact Encino even has a listing on a website dedicated to New Mexico ghost towns.