The post office existed from 1906-1922. Originally the settlement was called Longhorn, then Hereford, then Newman. Very little came of the development, and the site was moved to El Paso County, Texas. One source says the post office closed in 1914. One wonders which report is correct.
Archeologists believe it was the site of a prehistoric Indian pueblo.
Twenty-nine miles north of the border on US 54 is the second outpost, Orogrande, meaning big gold. When it was known as Jarilla, for the Jarilla Mountains, two thousand people lived there. It is reported that gold, silver, copper, and turquoise were mined between the 1880s and the 1920s. It boasted a 32 bed hospital, a 63 room hotel and The Jarilla Enterprise. Memories of those days are rich.