Tremintina New Mexico was an early terpintine manufacturing community the earliest buildings date to around 1875. Later Las Vegas New Mexico setting at a higher elevation above Tremintina polluted the creek and water source.

Tremintina, New Mexico ghost town. A trip we took during the height of the pandemic, pretty safe from covid, but not rattlesnakes. #newmexico #lasvegas #lasvegasnewmexico #ghosttown #terpintine #pinionpine #history #adobehouse #ruins