CROW FLAT

NAME: CROW FLAT
COUNTY: OTERO
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 8
CLIMATE: Not a worry
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time
COMMENTS: CROW FLAT. Post office 1898/1900.
REMAINS: Inquire locally
CROW FLAT. 15 mi NW of Queen..CROWS NEST WASH. McKinley County.CROW CREEK. Flows from mountains past Koehler into Canadian Red River, W of Eagle Tail Mts. Named in an early day for the vast quantity of crows that flew over the country. They buklt nests in the cottonwoods on the streams, and the early American settlers used poison to cut down their numbers because they were such pests. Creek flows across Crow Creek Flats. See Raton Creek. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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