DRIPPING SPRINGS

NAME: Dripping Springs COUNTY: DONA ANA ROADS: 2WD GRID: 8 CLIMATE: NOT A PROBLEM BEST TIME TO VISIT: ANY TIME

COMMENTS: DRIPPING SPRINGS. Post office 1892/1893; mail to Lava.ALSO CALLED VAN PATTEN'S. REMAINS: Old hotel

DRIPPING SPRINGS. In Organ Mts., 15 mi E of Las Cruces. Named for springs that trickle from the rocks. There are ruins of a hotel, built in the 1880's when the place flourished as a resort.DRIPPING SPRINGS. De Baca County. 3 mi E and 1 mi N of La Lande; flows into Red Lake. At one time called Wilcox Springs after a cattleman made it his headquarters. Dripping springs and the lake which feeds it (red lake) used to be one of the stops for travelers and cattle drivers across this section of the country. Here Billy the Kid and Charley Bowdre spent the night after Tom O'Folliard was shot near old Ft. Sumner.DRIPPING SPRINGS. Torrance County. At entrance of Abo Pass on the way to Scholle.DRIPPING SPRINGS. Union County. Located in a cave in Peacock Canyon. Gets its name from the way water drips from stalactites.DRIPPING SPRINGS. Valencia County. On a ranch 25 mi W of Belen. Also known as La Gotera. Why? Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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