Christmas Eve in Kingston, 1882
August 20, 2026
Kingston, New Mexico, emerged in 1882 as a silver-mining boom town in the Black Range of southwestern New Mexico, beginning largely as a tent settlement around the Iron King mine. Prospecting in the area had started after the 1877 Hillsboro gold discovery, but Apache resistance under Victorio and…
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