300 Elm St, Magdalena, NM 87825

The history of the house goes back to the 1900s and was the home of the MacTavish family while they built their Queen Ann Styled Victorian house that sits directly south of this property. Previous owners have rented this space as an Air B&B with continuous income received. Magdalena is known as the "Trails End" for the railroad spur line that was built in 1885 from Socorro to Magdalena to transport the cattle, sheep wool, timber and ore. Thousands of cattle and sheep were driven into town (cowboy style) from the west, using the historic "Magdalena Trail". "The Lady on the Mountain" is a rock formation on Magdalena Peak overlooking Magdalena. Spanish soldiers saw the face of a woman on the west face of the peak. A priest with them was reminded of a similar peak in Spain called "La Sierra de Maria Magdalena", so he called the New Mexico one "La Sierra de Magdalena".