CITY OF DUST

The lost and wondrous wreckage of America. The ceaseless road to nowhere. Yeah, that's my home.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

Angry Dogs and Well-Kept Graves: San Pedro, New Mexico

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There are two ghost towns by the name of San Pedro in New Mexico. One is a former gold mining town to the north, in Santa Fe County, but, ...
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013

I Don’t Know Where I Am: Carthage, Tokay, and Frailey, New Mexico

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Last post we visited San Antonio, New Mexico , the spiritual home of the Hilton Hotels chain. San Antonio experienced a boom when coal min...
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Sunday, November 03, 2013

The Roots of Paris Hilton: San Antonio, New Mexico

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Around the turn of the 20th Century, a boy would walk from his father’s mercantile store, which also served as a hotel, to the train depot...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

CITY OF DUST Now on FACEBOOK

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Because I only manage a "real" post here once or twice a month, I've created a City of Dust page on Facebook . I will try...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Spindrift - "Ghost of the West" Released Today

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We interrupt our regularly scheduled program to mention that Spindrift’s fantastic new album, Ghost of the West, was released today. The...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A Company Town: Gamerco, New Mexico

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With a population of 1,956 as of the 2012 census, Gamerco, New Mexico might be the biggest town we’ve ever featured on City of Dust. It ai...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Frozen in Time: The Igloo City Hotel, Alaska

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It’s seems like it’s been a very long time since I’ve done a proper post, but I guess it’s only been a month. In that time I’ve been condu...
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

City of Dust on Duke City Fix

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I wanted to break into our regularly scheduled programming for a moment to mention that I was recently invited to contribute to Duke City ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Last Hanging Crime: Duran, New Mexico

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Someday I’ll tell you a tale of a town that didn’t owe its very existence to the railroad, whose citizen’s livelihoods weren’t later subje...
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