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The wooden flume that carried Red River water toward the Elizabethtown gold workings, photographed in the 1910s or 1920s.

Henri Lambert cooked for President Lincoln and General Grant before heading west to Elizabethtown, where he fed miners instead of prospecting and built the St. James Hotel.

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The wooden church at Elizabethtown, New Mexico, photographed in 1943 for the Farm Security Administration.

In lawless 1870 Elizabethtown, gunman Clay Allison led a mob that hanged suspected murderer Charles Kennedy, in a frontier justice tale shadowed by Baldy Mountain.

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The Complete History of Red River, New Mexico

Red River, New Mexico, is a picturesque resort town nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains within Taos County. With a population of 542 as of the 2020 census, it serves as a year-round destination for outdoor enthusiasts, offering activities like skiing, hiking, fishing, and mountain biking.

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