Otero - New Mexico Ghost Town

OTERO

NAME: Otero
COUNTY: Colfax
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Nothing Left to see
REMAINS:Nothing Left

When the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad reached Otero in 1879, it was the end of the line in New Mexico for the railroad at the time. A celebration was held honoring Miguel L. Otero, delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico, for whom the town was named. As a terminus for the railroad, it didn't last long. The terminus was moved north to Raton in less than a year and the people and the town moved with it. Today, nothing is left of the town of Otero.Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

When the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad reached Otero in 1879, it was the end of the line in New Mexico for the railroad at the time. A celebration was held honoring Miguel L. Otero, delegate to Congress from the Territory of New Mexico, for whom the town was named. As a terminus for the railroad, it didn't last long. The terminus was moved north to Raton in less than a year and the people and the town moved with it. Today, nothing is left of the town of Otero.Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

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