San Antonio - New Mexico Ghost Town

SAN ANTONIO

NAME: San Antonio
COUNTY: Socorro
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 5
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Semi-ghost
REMAINS: Present-day San Antonio lies just north of the older section

Not anywhere near as famous as its sister city in Texas, the New Mexico town of San Antonio has its own claim to fame. Sometime in the late 1880s, A.H. Hilton arrived in the town and opened the Hilton Mercantile Company that also served as the Hilton Hotel. It was here that the world-renowned Hilton Hotel had its beginning and claimed for San Antonio a famous son, Conrad Hilton. Born December 25, 1887, Conrad became business partners with his father in 1915 and bought his first hotel four years later in Cisco, Texas. Today, the once prosperous Hilton section of San Antonio is reduced to an old post office building, a few other deserted buildings, and ruins. Present-day San Antonio, a functioning community, lies just north of the older section.Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

Not anywhere near as famous as its sister city in Texas, the New Mexico town of San Antonio has its own claim to fame. Sometime in the late 1880s, A.H. Hilton arrived in the town and opened the Hilton Mercantile Company that also served as the Hilton Hotel. It was here that the world-renowned Hilton Hotel had its beginning and claimed for San Antonio a famous son, Conrad Hilton. Born December 25, 1887, Conrad became business partners with his father in 1915 and bought his first hotel four years later in Cisco, Texas. Today, the once prosperous Hilton section of San Antonio is reduced to an old post office building, a few other deserted buildings, and ruins. Present-day San Antonio, a functioning community, lies just north of the older section.Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

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