Once a booming mining town in the late 1800s, Hachita, New Mexico is now relegated to a “Census Designated Place” with between 25 and 50 residents. The post office is all that keeps this nearly abandoned town from falling off the map. There are no gas stations or grocery stores. However, the most noticeable feature is the Church of St. Catherine of Siena. Rising up from the desert and framed by the Little Hatchet mountains in the background, St. Catherine’s looks like a ghost from the old west—through the abandoned…
