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Carrizozo (2)

Carrizozo, NM, USA

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Carrizozo, county seat of Lincoln County, was established in 1899, a new town on the El Paso and Northeastern Railroad. The ghost town of White Oaks, once a booming mining camp, is near by. Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett and Governor Lew Wallace figured prominently in the history of the area.

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