Jicarilla, New Mexico

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Jicarilla, New Mexico abandoned school house, built 1907

Jicarilla is a ghost town[1] in Lincoln County, in the U.S. state of New Mexico.[2] It became a boomtown in 1892 following the discovery of gold and coal in the nearby Jicarilla Mountains.

Known as the Ghost Town, there is not much left standing today. Jicarilla lasted for about 50 years, between 1892 and 1942.[3]

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