New Mexico State Hospital
Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico
(formerly Las Vegas Medical Center)
(now) New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute
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The story of desecration at The State Hospital Patient Cemetery
A heartbreaking example of cemetery disregard

Photos and data provided by
The Mental Health Association of New Mexico
Copyright C. W. Barnum

Photo Essay


 A surviving headstone
 


Dilapidated fence and gate


Cattle Gate

 


Cattle dung on a surviving Grave


Destroyed grave marker

 


Rotting wooden marker


Cattle roaming in cemetery


Damaged Headstone


Deteriorated fence line


Summer View


Winter View


Volunteers attempting to locate damaged grave sites