Elizabethtown- New Mexico Ghost Town

ELIZABETHTOWN

NAME: Elizabethtown
COUNTY: Colfax
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 2
CLIMATE: Cold winter possible snow, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Summer, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Make sure to go to the museum.
REMAINS: A few buildings and rubble.

Elizabethtown's post office was established in 1868, and was discontinued in 1931. Elizabethtown was the first incorporated city in New Mexico and even held the county seat. Charles Kennedy ran a boardinghouse here and when newcomers would come the would soon disappear. Charles was killing them and taking their valuables and burning the bodies bit by bit. The town was so enraged after Charles' wife confessed they got him, tied a rope around his neck, and dragged him by horse up and down main street until long after he was dead. After the easy gold was picked, operations shut down and today there are only a few buildings left. Elizabethtown Courtesy Dolores Steele Elizabethtown Courtesy Dolores Steele Elizabethtown Courtesy Dolores Steele Elizabethtown Courtesy Samuel W. McWhorter Elizabethtown Courtesy Samuel W. McWhorter Elizabethtown Courtesy Samuel W. McWhorter Old Hotel - Bottom floor was a dance hall and upper floor was where rooms were located Courtesy Robert Garcia Elizabethtown Courtesy Kurt Wenner This pic was taken in Septmeber 2009. The Mutz hotel is not going to be around much longer. Thank you, Robert Garcia	Elizabeth Town, Circa 1890 Courtesy Museum of New Mexico Drug Store in Elizabethtown, circa 1899 Courtesy Museum of New Mexico Elizabethtown Courtesy Dolores Steele Elizabethtown Courtesy Dolores Steele Elizabethtown Courtesy Dolores Steele Elizabethtown Courtesy Samuel W. McWhorter Elizabethtown Courtesy Samuel W. McWhorter Elizabethtown Courtesy Kurt Wenner This pic was taken in Septmeber 2009. The Mutz hotel is not going to be around much longer. Thank you, Robert Garcia

Elizabethtown's post office was established in 1868, and was discontinued in 1931. Elizabethtown was the first incorporated city in New Mexico and even held the county seat. Charles Kennedy ran a boardinghouse here and when newcomers would come the would soon disappear. Charles was killing them and taking their valuables and burning the bodies bit by bit. The town was so enraged after Charles' wife confessed they got him, tied a rope around his neck, and dragged him by horse up and down main street until long after he was dead. After the easy gold was picked, operations shut down and today there are only a few buildings left.

Elizabethtown
Courtesy Dolores Steele