Official White Oaks, New Mexico, site.
Historic White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico. Billy the Kid thought of White Oaks as a "resort."
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It's spring in White Oaks, New Mexico, and the locals are starting to wake up. Ivy is throwing pots up at White Oaks Pottery and, Bob Reynierson's gallery is open, and the No Scum Allowed Saloon is open Friday & Saturday nights and maybe Sunday afternoons. A year ago it was named one of American Cowboy Magazine's "Best Cowboy Bars in the West."  (The only one in New Mexico.) Not much has changed at Cedarvale, one of New Mexico's most historic graveyards. Print out the self-driving tour info. Cruise around a township that was once the second largest city in the state (2500-5000 residents*) until the gold ran out. Please, feel free to take a rock home with you. There are plenty. Amuse yourself (because as one Trip Advisor review noted, "There's nothing really to do in White Oaks"). Bring your metal detector. White Oaks is definitely past perfect tense.

 

Gold Mining Boomtown

NEW BOOK.

A new book about White Oaks by
Roberta Rey Haldane is now available
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Published May, 2012
Getting to the end of the pavement and White Oaks, NM. Historic gravesites at Cedarvale Cemetery, White Oaks, NM. No Scum Allowed Saloon, Ruidoso's favorite destination bar, White Oaks, New Mexico.
White Oaks School House Museum, White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico. White Oaks, New Mexico, history stuff and driving tour. Ivy Heymann's White Oaks Pottery, White Oaks, New Mexico.
Miner's Home Museum in White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico. Food & lodging near White Oaks, New Mexico. White Oaks Medicine Beads by Pam Lewis, an online store.
Books about White Oaks New Mexico. A look at White Oaks, New Mexico, in the movies, like "Young Guns" White Oaks artist Bob Reynierson, White Oaks, New Mexico.
Historic structures in White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico. Lincoln National Forest access & trail heads in White Oaks, NM. Museums of Lincoln County, New Mexico.
   
     
     
     
     
     

 
 
       

Email a native. This site and www.museumsoflincon.com created and maintained by the White Oaks Arts Council, Inc .
Brad Cooper, designer. 974 White Oaks Road, White Oaks, NM 88301.