Hillsboro Historical Society

This portion of the 1888 township subdivisional survey plat map shows Gavilan Trail heading over the pass in the Mimbres Mountains. This is ...

Romolo Montoya of Monticello, New Mexico, documented in April 1880 that he lost cows, calves, oxen, and one mule, all told worth $775. Mo...

By Craig Springer To see the old photos, you can tell that Kingston was a busy place for a time. But that time didn’t last. Set on the east ...

By Mark Thompson In May of 1885, thirty-six residents of the Hillsboro area in Sierra County petitioned the territorial governor and the adj...

by Craig Springer The Bridal Chamber, perhaps the richest silver mine in the history of the American Southwest, is the story twice-told.  A...

By Mark B. Thompson, III So said the Albuquerque Journal in its article noting his passing in Las Cruces, New Mexico on December 5, 1911. Ga...

By Craig Springer The date, September 11, is seared in American memory. And it was one that perhaps was not forgotten by those who lived in...