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50 images Created 2 Dec 2012

No Man's Land

The area of the Oklahoma Panhandle, through extreme northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado is called No Man's Land because years ago it was a remote, wild area with few people and a very difficult place to live. Even today it is not well traveled or explored because of the attraction of the Rocky Mountains nearby and the desolation of the area.
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  • A huge summer thunderstorm rolls out of the Rockies and dumps large amounts of rain and hail in the plains of eastern New Mexico. I think this picture tells how difficult it is to live in eastern New Mexico.  It shows the isolation, the extreme weather, and the lack of hope.
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  • A huge summer thunderstorm rolls out of the Rockies and dumps large amounts of rain and hail in the plains of eastern New Mexico
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  • A summer thunderstorm left the roads wet in Roy, New Mexico
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  • A fast moving thunderstorm left the roads wet east of Wagon Wheel, New Mexico.
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  • A summer thunderstorm left the roads wet in Roy, New Mexico
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  • Dividing line between New Mexico, Oklahoma and Colorado
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  • Windmill pumping water in northeast New Mexico
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  • Many of these windmills have been replaced by electric pumps, but in some remote areas without electricity they still use the old fashioned windmills to pump water for livestock.
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  • Windmill pumping water in northeast New Mexico.  Many of these windmills have been replaced by electric pumps, but in some remote areas without electricity they still use the old fashioned windmills to pump water for livestock.
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  • A late evening summer thunderstorm left the roads wet in Roy, New Mexico
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  • A summer thunderstorm left the roads wet in Roy, New Mexico
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  • A huge summer thunderstorm rolls out of the Rockies and dumps large amounts of rain and hail in the plains of eastern New Mexico. This photo depicts the isolation of people in eastern New Mexico.
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  • A thunderstorm passes the Canadian River gorge about 20 miles west of Wagon Wheel, New Mexico
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  • Abandoned ranch house on the plains of southeastern Colorado along Highway 162.
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  • Horses grazng in open pasture in northeast New Mexico
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  • Horses grazing in pasture with Colorado mountains in background. About 10 miles east of Trinidad, Colorado.
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  • A thunderstorm brews in the background while two broodmares and a colt graze in a pasutre east of Trinidad, Colorado.
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  • An inquisitive colt stops by to check me out while grazing with his momma in eastern Colorado near Trinidad.  A large thunderstorm brews in the background.
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  • Horses along a road near Black Mesa State Park in far northwestern Oklahoma panhandle.
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  • Typical rural road on the plains of eastern New Mexico.  Roads are very difficult to maintain because of the extreme weather changes and lack of people to pay taxes to maintain them.
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  • mailbox of the Ford Ranch in southeastern Colorado near the New Mexico border.
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  • Paloma Cattle Company ranch headquarters near Folsom, New Mexico
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  • Abandoned ranch house in eastern Colorado valley near New Mexico border. These old farmhouses were typicall built out of native stone from the area.
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  • Mule deer seen at the Ford Ranch in southestern Colorado, right next to the New Mexico border.  Deer populate the draws and arroyo's in the area.
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  • Mule deer growing horns for fall season at Ford Ranch in southeast Colorado near New Mexico border.  Saw dozens of deer in this valley.
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  • An abandoned hotel sits alone near Black Mesa State Park in far northwestern Oklahoma panhandle.  This was built with the expectation that people would come to the park but the crowds never materialized and the hotel closed quickly.
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  • Small outbuilding at the Dunlop Ranch in southeastern Colorado that is still in use today.
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  • Paloma Cattle Company ranch headquarters near Folsom, New Mexico
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  • An empty paved road leads to Black Mesa, highest point in Oklahoma right in the far northwestern panhandle touching New Mexico.
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  • Cattle pens and a small barn at the Dunlop Ranch is southeastern Colorado.
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  • Abandoned ranch house in eastern Colorado valley near New Mexico border.  There are a lot of these old ranch houses.  With the advent of modern autos, ranchers can travel further and faster and to wach livestock and don' t need to live close to their herds.
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  • The US Army has been trying to purchase land in southeast Colorado for a training base.  Many ranch owners in the area are opposed to the plan.  You see these signs all over southeastern Colorado.
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  • Abandoned ranch house and barn along Highway 72 east of Raton, New Mexico. There are a lot of these abandoned ranch houses in the area.  The advent of modern automobiles and paved roads means ranchers no longer need to live close to their livestock.
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  • Dunlap Ranch in southeastern Colorado.  It is right on the border to New Mexico. This is a typical ranch entrance sign in the area.
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  • Abandoned ranch house on the plains of southeastern Colorado along Highway 162.
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  • Cactus grows abundantly in No Man's Land. Ranchers fight a constant battle to keep the cactus at bay.
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  • A huge summer thunderstorm rolls out of the Rockies and dumps large amounts of rain and hail in the plains of eastern New Mexico
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  • Windmill pumping water in southeast Colorado
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  • Windmill pumping water in northeast New Mexico
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  • Water cistern is used to store water during dry periods.
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  • Cactus growing along a fence in the Oklahoma Panhandle near Black Mesa State Park
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  • Cactus growing along a fence in the Oklahoma Panhandle near Black Mesa State Park
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  • Old John Deere swather sitting idle on a pasture in far northeastern New Mexico
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  • Colorado and New Mexico ranchers are busy in the spring cutting, baling and storing hay for the coming winter. This hay is stacked near a barn.  A major thunderstorms coming out of the Rockies brews in the background.
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  • Longhorn cattle on a ranch in far northeast New Mexico
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  • Longhorn cattle on a ranch in far northeast New Mexico
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  • Longhorn cattle on a ranch in far northeast New Mexico
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  • Longhorn cattle on a ranch in far northeast New Mexico
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  • irrigation system in Oklahoma pandhandle
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  • A multi-year drought has caused lake levels to drop extremely low at Lake Carl Eitling in Black Mesa State Park in the far western tip of the Oklahoma Panhandle, less than 20 miles from New Mexico.  Fishermen ar parking in what would normally be the bottom of the lake.
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