Cowboy Country! The Northeast Region is filled with wide-open skies, ranchland and a can-do spirit.
Star gaze, bird watch and dance in the streets with real cowboys.
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Harding County Courthouse
Northeast Region: Harding County
Constructed 1922. The Harding County Courthouse, in Mosquero, is a handsome Neo-classical building with strong Greek Revival style accents, originally built to serve the county as a school. Named for President Warren G. Harding, Harding County is the least populated of all New Mexico counties, with less than 800 residents. Read more…
Harding County Paint the Town Murals
Northeast Region: Harding County
Constructed 2008. Paint the Town started with some young people, a willing tutor, a little cash and a lot of hard work. The youth in the community came together to make a difference in this remote and unique part of New Mexico. Surrounded by ranch land, the towns of Mosquero Read more…
Herzstein Memorial Museum
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1919. Originally built as a Methodist Episcopal Church in 1919, the Herzstein Memorial Museum houses the largest WPA collection in the State of New Mexico. The collection includes furniture, paintings, and other items made by workers of the WPA. — Source: Herzstein Memorial Museum website 22 S. 2nd St. Read more…
La Frontera Del Llano Scenic Byway
Northeast Region: Harding County
La Frontera del Llano Scenic Byway (the edge of the plains in Spanish) starts at Abbott, a place you’d think wouldn’t warrant a name if there weren’t a sign there to prove it. Most of the byway (NM 39) runs through Harding County, where cattle outnumber people seven to one. Read more…
Luna Theater
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1916. The Luna Theater was built in 1916, and opened as the Mission Theater. The building replaced an earlier mercantile building that stood on the corner and burned to the ground. The building is in a Mission Revival style with Art Deco fixtures that were added in the 1930s. Read more…
Main Street Sidewalks – WPA Stamps
Northeast Region: Clayton
Constructed 1942. A WPA stamp in the sidewalk can be found at this address and along Main Street. The downtown sidewalks will soon be replaced in a NM Department of Transportation construction project, but the WPA stamps will be preserved and placed in the new sidewalks. 10 Main St. | Read more…
Old Pass Gallery/Wells Fargo Freight Office
Northeast Region: Raton
Constructed 1910. The former Well Fargo Express Freight Office at the Raton Rail yard is now the home of the Raton Arts and Humanities Council and the Old Pass art gallery. The building has been handsomely rehabilitated and offers high quality art shows regularly throughout the year. 145 So. First Read more…
Original Townsite Historic District
Northeast Region: Raton
Constructed 1880. The original 320 acres for the Raton townsite were purchased from the Maxwell Land Grant in 1880. In 1879, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad bought a local toll road from famed frontier entrepreneur “Uncle Dick” Wooton and established a busy rail line. Raton quickly developed as Read more…
Palace Hotel
Northeast Region: Raton
The Palace Hotel was built across First Street from the Raton Railroad Depot in 1896 in the Romanesque Revival style. The elegant brownstone hotel was the most luxurious hotel in Raton until WWII when the popularity of La Mesa horse racing track eclipsed its location and popularity. The Hotel has Read more…
Rabbit Ear Mountain
Northeast Region: Clayton
Rabbit Ear Mountain is part of the iconic landscape visible from the Town of Clayton. The hills are remnants of volcanoes and part of the larger Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field. The mountain is named for the great Cheyenne Chief, Orejo de Conejos who was killed in a bloody battle with the Read more…