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Rivers’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Rivers. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Rivers is a census-designated place in Catron County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Rivers had a population of 22. The community is located at the confluence of the Tularosa River into the San Francisco River.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 28 to 22 (-21%).

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Rivers yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rivers’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Rivers

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Fred ColterFred ColterNutrioso · 31 miGrant Alonzo BlackGrant Alonzo BlackAlpine · 24 miMAMark AndersonReserve · 3 miPSPatricio M. SernaReserve · 3 miRoger RivasRoger RivasLuna · 14 miBPBodaga José PinoGlenwood · 25 mi
By decade

Rivers, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Rivers is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rivers has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and Shed in Mogollon, 16.8 miles away.

Rivers and the nearest listed places

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Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and ShedSocorro Mines Mining Company Mill, Fannie HillMogollon Historic DistrictBear Mountain Lookout ComplexAlpine Elementary School

Closest to Rivers

Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and ShedMogollon · Built 192316.8miSocorro Mines Mining Company Mill, Fannie HillMogollon · District18.8miMogollon Historic DistrictMogollon · District19.3miBear Mountain Lookout ComplexAlpine · Structure23.2miAlpine Elementary SchoolAlpine · Built 193024mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bearwallow Mountain Lookout Cabins and Shed’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Rivers?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Rivers’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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📜 Reserve📜 Eagar📜 Springerville
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