The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Rowe was established to provide labor for the Santa Fe Railroad in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The majority of the population came from Las Ruedas 2 miles (3.2 km) away on the Pecos River. A pipeline to provide water for steam engines was laid between Rowe and the then village of Las Ruedas. Las Ruedas ceased to exist and by the time of the 1880 U.S. Federal Census most of the former residents of Las Ruedas were resettled in Rowe.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Rowe’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Rowe is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Rowe has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pecos National Monument in Pecos, 4.1 miles away.
Rowe and the nearest listed places
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Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.