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Dawson, New Mexico. 05-21-2025

Greetings from San Cristobal, NM. This week, a photo tour with Scott to Abiquiu, Cimarron, and Dawson, NM, and all points in between.

We began the weekend at the Saint Francis Church in Ranchos de Taos and caught the moon setting over its buttress. From there, we went to Abiquiu and Ghost Ranch and had fun finding compositions around the lake and red rock formations. We spent the day out there and returned with some unique landscape images. It’s always a good day in Abiquiu, NM.

Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos
San Francisco de Asis.

The second day was spent between the Enchanted Circle drive through the Moreno Valley, the Palisades to Cimarron, and Dawson Cemetery, returning through Red River to photograph Bighorn Sheep. The whole day paid off in desired but unexpected images. I think Scott got these elk crossing the Vermejo River.

Elk on the Dawson Ranch Road
Elk on the Ranch Road.

Dawson Cemetery, NM
Dawson Cemetery, NM.

Memorial weekend is coming up, I hope everyone has a good start to summer. Here’s a favorite shot from the biker rally held this weekend every year. You may remember it.

Memorial day in Taos NM
Memorial Day in Taos, NM.

As always, thanks for looking. Have a good week. G

Dawson Cemetery, Colfax County, New Mexico

Dawson cemetery, in Colfax County, New Mexico. Dawson was the site of two separate coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923. Dawson is located about 17 miles northeast of Cimarron, New Mexico. The township is gone but the cemetery remains. Growing up in a mining community in south Wales in the UK, it can be very moving to see the grave markers of the hundreds who died in two extreme mining accidents in this former township. I made this image last August when the afternoon sunlight through the thunderstorms and sunflowers accompanied the white grave markers of those killed in the two separate disasters. Thanks for looking. G

Dawson cemetery, New Mexico.

Some links with further information and photographs:

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/picturepages/pp-dawson1.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%2C_New_Mexico