Now a ghost town, Elizabethtown (4.8 miles north of Eagle’s Nest on NM 38) the first incorporated city in New Mexico and founded by Commander of Fort Union William H Moore, was named after his young daughter, Elizabeth Catherine Moore. At its height of prosperity, in 1870, it had just over 7,000 residents. The most…
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Elizabethtown Cemetery, NM
Elizabethtown cemetery in New Mexico; 4.8 miles north of Eagle’s Nest on NM 38. Serial killer Charles Kennedy, who was responsible for 14 known murders including his own son, and the famed vigilante Clay Allison.
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