A history of Pinos Altos,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Pinos Altos from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Originally named Birchville, after prospector and former outlaw, Robert H. Birch, one of three people who found the first gold, it later took the Spanish name Pinos Altos, meaning tall pines, because there were tall trees growing in the area. These were cut down as the town grew to a population of about 9,000 during the 1880s and 1890s before slowly being abandoned during the early 1900s. Today, many of the original buildings remain.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Pinos Altos’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewNM Silver City 1909 125000, 1909: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Pinos Altos, decade by decade
1930s
1990s
1 historic place in Pinos Altos
Pinos Altos has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 37 historic buildings, because Pinos Altos Historic District alone counts 37.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as NM Silver City 1909 125000 (1909) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3) and the Library of Congress (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.