May 25, 2014 (by Bill Moore)

This calaboose project gets more interesting every day.  Last night, I was watching a video on You Tube taken by two guys who drove the entire length of original segments of Route 66.  When they passed through Glenrio, Texas and started showing old buildings I started watching closely.  They could not identify one of the buildings and I had to go back and look several times because it looks very much like a calaboose. Rhonda Holley was able to capture this image on her phone and email it to me.  When she comes over later we are going to try to find it on Google Earth and on Tuesday I will be making phone calls to see what I can find out.  I have not been able to find a Sanborn map for Glenrio.

Glenrio

One of the buildings in town was identified as the abandoned post office.  It could easily fall into the suspicious structure category based on the photograph.

post officeIn addition to finding calabooses and other interesting buildings, there is the occasional unexpected discovery that to me is special.  The town of Glenrio is partly in Quay County, New Mexico and partly in Deaf Smith County, Texas.  One of these finds is the old marker that depicts the state boundary.  When I searched for the possible calaboose under “Images” for Glenrio, I found this one.

025 Becky _ TX-NM State Line Mkr on Old 66

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