Montoya, New Mexico

Unincorporated community in Quay County, New Mexico, United States

Unincorporated community in New Mexico, United States

35°05′59″N 104°03′50″W / 35.09972°N 104.06389°W / 35.09972; -104.06389CountryUnited StatesStateNew MexicoCounty QuayElevation

4,321 ft (1,317 m)Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)Area code575GNIS feature ID915865^[1]

Montoya is an unincorporated community on the route of historic Route 66 in Quay County, New Mexico, United States.^[1] It is the site of the Richardson Store, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[2]

Montoya was founded as a railroad stop and loading point in 1902.^[3] It was about that time that widow Yetta Kohn and her sons, Howard, George, and Charles established the T4 Cattle Company ranch, a store, a bank, and a land company in Montoya.^[4] Yetta's daughter-in-law, Clara Kohn operated the T4 Cattle Company after her husband Howard's death and the ranch grew to 180,000 contiguous acres with the purchase of part of the Bell Ranch in 1946. As of 2023^[update], it is one of the largest private ranches in the United States with about 220,000 acres.^[4]

A Sinclair gasoline station operated from 1925 to the mid-1970s. The now-abandoned Casa Alta stone structure was the home of Maria and Tylvan Hendren.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Montoya". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Hinkley, Jim (2011). Ghost Towns of Route 66. Minneapolis: Voyageur Press. pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-0-7603-3843-8.
^ ^a ^b "How a Young Jewish Immigrant Widow Launched a Ranching Dynasty in New Mexico Territory". HistoryNet. March 10, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2023.