A homestead built by Dr Nathan Boyd while he represented an English firm trying to contract a damming project on the river. The site was later used as a Tuberculosis Sanatorium. The site has changed hands throughout the years until it was acquired by the Bureau of Land Management in 1988. As I was doing research on this site I came across some folklore that says it is haunted as well, interesting.
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If you have not been to this park it is well worth the drive. The Dripping Springs Natural Area is located 10 miles east of Las Cruces, on the west side of the Organ Mountains. From Exit 1 on Interstate 25, take University Avenue/Dripping Springs Road east to the end. The Dripping Springs Visitor Center, located at N 32° 19.790 W 106° 35.424, offers interpretive displays of the Organ Mountains. It is open all year, except winter holidays, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 p.m. Phone: 505.522.1219. Pay your $3.00 day use pass and have a chat with the kindly lady at the desk. You can pick up some brochures and trail maps while you are there. The hike is a fairly easy 4.2 mile loop that passes through the old livery stables and by another site in the park. The walls of the canyon rise steeply on both sides as you approach the site, breathtaking.