Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway
Mimbres, NM

Crossing the Continental Divide, one enters the Mimbres Valley. The Mimbres River flows along the road, creating a linear oasis of cottonwood bosque winding past small ranches. Prehistoric Mimbres people lived along this river, and later the Apaches.

Hispanics and Anglos settled here as well, mining gold and silver from the hills and leaving ghost towns and graveyards to mark their passing.