Brilliant - New Mexico Ghost Town

BRILLIIANT

NAME: Brilliant
COUNTY: Colfax
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: Not Much Left
REMAINS: A few partially intact buildings

The town of Brilliant was owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and took form in 1906. It was a coal-mining town supplying coal to the Santa Fe Railroad for locomotive use. In 1907, the population was 350 and supported a telephone company, a school, several hotels, a boarding house, mercantile stores, a sheriff and a town doctor. The town continued a lively existence until 1935. Today no one lives there but there are a few partially intact buildings to mark the site. Courtesy Henry Chenowith.

The town of Brilliant was owned by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and took form in 1906. It was a coal-mining town supplying coal to the Santa Fe Railroad for locomotive use. In 1907, the population was 350 and supported a telephone company, a school, several hotels, a boarding house, mercantile stores, a sheriff and a town doctor. The town continued a lively existence until 1935. Today no one lives there but there are a few partially intact buildings to mark the site. Courtesy Henry Chenowith.

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