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Orogrande, Boom Days

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Orogrande, Boom Days

August 20, 2026

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Orogrande, New Mexico, is recalled as a bustling early-20th-century mining boom town with saloons, department stores, boarding houses, a postmistress, and a red-light district, but no churches. At its height, about 4,000 people lived there, and freight and passenger trains passed through frequently…

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