Cloudcroft, NM
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saopaulo1
N 32° 57.497 W 105° 44.695
13S E 430379 N 3646908
The village offices for Cloundcroft, NM.
Waymark Code: WMTJ3P
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2016
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The city hall is a small building in the downtown area. The building is covered with wood panels. The building houses the city hall and courts.
"Cloudcroft is a village in Otero County, New Mexico, and is within the Lincoln National Forest. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. Despite being located in an otherwise arid region, its extremely high elevation (8,600 feet (2,600 m); one of the highest in the U.S.) allows for a relatively mild summer that makes it a popular tourist attraction in West Texas and New Mexico. It was named by Fodor's in 2002 as the Number 3 "Most Overlooked and Underrated Destination Spot." Tourism remains the primary economic driver of the village." (
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"Over one hundred years ago, in June of 1899, a plat of the proposed “Place of Cloudcroft” was filed and things quickly began to happen. Actually, things began to happen in June of the year before, when the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad – organized by the Eddy brothers, Charles Bishop and John Arthur, and ably assisted by their attorney, William Ashton Hawkins – arrived in the newly founded town of Alamogordo, with plans to continue northward to the mining town of White Oaks and beyond. They realized the need for timber and railroad ties, and began eyeing the nearby Sacramento Mountains as a possible source. A survey crew was sent into the area to determine the feasibility of laying a railroad line up to the summit. In the fall of 1898, a report was given that such a line was not only possible, but the beauty of the region could attract visitors from a wide territory, and the name of “Cloudcroft” – a pasture for the clouds – was suggested. The report was accepted and work on the line soon began." (
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