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VAUGHN
Population 737 - Elevation 5,965
Vaughn, a division point in the transcontinental railway system, is located along the route of the Stinson cattle trail. In 1882, Jim Stinson, manager of the New Mexico Land and Livestock Co., drove 20,000 cattle in 8 separate herds along this important trail from Texas to the Estancia Valley. |