Red River Community

Did you know that one of Main Street's most storied rooms started out with a different name over its door? The Motherlode Saloon, at 406 East Main Street in Red River, was built in the mid-1930s as a saloon, dance hall and gambling establishment, back when this old mining town was learning how to entertain visitors instead of miners. The building has been a place to gather, dance and hear a song ever since, and its stage has a story that reaches well beyond this one-mile-long downtown.

Sunday, November 1, 2026

There is a particular quiet to a Sunday morning in Red River, especially the morning after Halloween, when the clocks have fallen back an hour and the town has gained an extra hour of sleep. It is a good moment to remember that this small mountain town has reinvented itself more than once, and that the welcoming community you find on Main Street today grew out of people who simply refused to leave when the boom ended.

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Sunday is starting cloudy and cool in Red River, near 37 degrees this morning after a 7:18 AM sunrise, with showers expected through the day, a high near 49, and sunset at 6:12 PM. Tonight rain is expected to change to snow showers as temperatures fall, and Monday should turn sunny with a high near 51. It is a good day for a slow Main Street stroll between showers, a warm drink, and a little town history, which in Red River is never more than a block or two away.

Drive to the west end of Red River, where Main Street gives out toward the canyon, and you reach 110 acres of river meadow that have been hosting travelers for nearly ninety years. Today the property is 4K River Ranch, at 1501 West Main Street. In 1936 it became Lewis Ranch — and the little slab-sided cabins its founder built there are still taking guests.

Sunday, October 18, 2026