LPN Travel Jobs In New Mexico

South Western New Mexico is noted for silver mines which cause boom towns to start up and ghost towns to follow. Taking a LPN travel assignment will give you the great joy of discovering towns like Hillsboro where you will find dozens of buildings that have been abandon after the silver rush. This is an interesting place to take your family and metal detector to find your treasures.

A favorite of many traveling nurses to find a place to stay is at a place called the Black Range Lodge in Kingston not too far from Hillsboro, a bed and breakfast that in the old days was once a casino and salon. In 1900 century, Kingston was known as “silver boom” town. Founded in 1882, Hilsboro quickly grew after a minor Jack Shelton found a large load of silver ore. The population of Kingston quickly developed 11,000 people, however after ten short years when silver prices fell, people vanished. Currently, the population is about 25. .


Another chilling ghost town Cuchillo owns up to it’s name in the Cuhillo Bar Grill who has been investigated by several California & New Mexico
paranormal investigators. They have confirmed that the Cuhillo Bar is indeed haunted. Sounds can be heard that the locals believe was a local who’s name was “C.D. Alco” There are many unexplained experience that people have when visiting this facinating ghost town.

About 25 miles west of Cuchillo, is one of the best restored ghost towns you will ever see called Chloride. Don Edmund is a known local who has put in back breaking hours of love to restore this old ghost town. Saving the history of another “silver boom town” 1880′s buildings have restored to orginal look. You will see all the old tools and saddles still in the pioneer store.

Many of the ghost town’s of New Mexico are on private property make sure you just take pictures.

New Mexico is great LPN Travel assignment due to the great need of nurses in this state. Escape to the sun and warm weather in the winter in the great state of New Mexico