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
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