texas ghost towns

Glenrio is the Route 66 ghost town that lived through three transportation eras and was killed by the last one. Split down the middle by the Texas-New Mexico line, it put its bars in New Mexico and its gas pumps in Texas, boomed on Mother Road traffic, and emptied within two years when Interstate 40 slipped past just to the north. Here’s the documented history, the border lore worth checking, and how to see it today.