Seven Rivers, New Mexico

Seven Rivers, New Mexico was formerly a ghost town, located between Carlsbad and Artesia, New Mexico.[1] The town itself was first settled in the mid-1860s, and for a time thrived as a trading post. Its name derives from seven creeks that flowed through it, into the Pecos River.[2] The Seven Rivers Warriors, a gang that operated on the Murphy-Dolan side of the Lincoln County War, used the town as its refuge.[2] Both the Jessie Evans Gang and the John Kinney Gang also frequented the town during that time.[2] The town grown in the 1880s with the addition of a schoolhouse, hotel, post office and saloons.[2] The town eventually declined until only the cemetery remained until 1988, when the Brantley Dam was constructed and the cemetery was moved to Artesia.[2]