Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
“Shakespeare is a ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States. It is currently part of a privately owned ranch, sometimes open to tourists.”
Wikipedia article Shakespeare, New Mexico, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Hidalgo County · listed in 1973 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Shakespeare Ghost Town between 1994 and 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | MM 17 |
| 11 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Las Cruces Field Office | GARY |
| 10 March 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | DUMP |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Shakespeare Ghost Town: 50 past producers, 12 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 4 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Anita Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1961 | |
| Battleship | Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bellah's Vanadium | Vanadium | Unknown | ||
| Big Three Group | Gold, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Big Three Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Big Wolf Calcite | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Bonney-Misers Chest & 85 Mine & Plt | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Plant | ||
| Century Mine | Lead, Tungsten | Producer | Wulfenite | |
| Clementine Claim | Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | 1955 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lordsburg, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lordsburg | $3,000 | Thunderstorm outflow winds gusted to 70 mph in Lordsburg, blowing down power lines and trees throughout the town. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lordsburg | - | A wind gust blew a power line down in Lordsburg on South Main Street. |
| September 2016 | Tornado (EFU) | Lordsburg | - | A landspout tornado was photographed just northwest of Lordsburg. No damage was reported and no survey was done to rate the tornado. Location and path are approximate based on photographer location. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Lordsburg | - | The Hidalgo County Sheriff reported major flooding in Lordsburg. Four to five feet of standing water were reported at the Interstate 10 under passes near Motel Drive at both the east and west ends of Lordsburg. A vehicle extraction was also performed at the Highway 70 underpass. A mesonet site reported 2.16 inches of rainfall near the Interstate 10 port of entry with instantaneous rainfall rates exceeded 5 inches per hour at times. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lordsburg | - | A severe thunderstorm ripped through the Lordsburg area causing widespread power outages and structural damage. There were numerous reports of downed utility poles. A mobile home was pushed 4 feet off of the foundation with another mobile home damaged when a porch was hurled through the air. A barn on the east side of Lordsburg was completey torn apart. In addition to the strong winds, heavy rains caused minor flooding of streets and intersections. |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lordsburg | - | Considerable damage resulted from thunderstorm winds in the vicinity of Lordsburg. Damage included several storage buildings destroyed and a power outage which lasted several hours due to a downed power pole. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Lordsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Lordsburg | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Lordsburg | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Lordsburg | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Lordsburg | - | no account filed |
1 paper published in this town, digitised by the Library of Congress and free to read: 936 issues, 4,392 pages. Every page is searchable, so a name or a street can be looked for directly in what the town printed about itself at the time.
| Newspaper | Published |
|---|---|
| Western Liberal | 1887 to 1919 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lordsburg High School | 2.1 miles | 2015 |
 | Hidalgo County Courthouse | 2.2 miles | 1987 |
 | Lordsburg-Hidalgo County Library | 2.2 miles | 2004 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 73001141 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hidalgo County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
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