A rusty old car in a cow pasture is one of only a few things left to see in Elizabethtown, New Mexico.

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Founded in 1865, Elizabethtown had a population of about seven thousand people during the height of the gold-mining era. By 1870 the town included two hotels, five stores, three dance halls, and seven saloons. Elizabethtown once was the epitome of what was known as the "wild west".

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Location: Elizabethtown, New Mexico USA United States, America
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