Re: Sanger Lumber Company & Converse Basin Exploration

pd3463 Wrote:
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> There is an area on the north end of the Philmont
> Scout Ranch in NM where there once stood these
> giants. There were (as of the early 80’s when I
> was there as a scout) two still standing. One
> right close to the ranger camp there and it had a
> 12* lean going on and the other was off limits but
> the staff knew of its location. This camp area ,
> we were told was the end track for the D&RG narrow
> gauge who hauled the logs. I suspect now that it
> was really a logging RR that connected with them.
>
>
> Phil

This was more likely a standard gauge branch of the Sante Fe, originally the St Louis, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific which ran between Des Moines NM to Ute Park, NM. A nice condensed history here: [www.cimarronnm.com]