White’s City New Mexico o be Sold at Auction
Published June 20th, 2008
Higgenbotham Auctioneers International have announced that their firm would sell at auction White’s City, New Mexico. The entire municipality as well as its surrounding acreage will be offered on July 14th at 11am. The city, which was founded in the early 1920’s by Charlie L. White, is a national icon and has been managed by the White family since its beginnings in the roaring 20’s.
Situated at the entrance to Carlsbad Caverns National Park, White’s City thrives on the parks national draw of daily visitors and boasts many amenities, which cater to the constant flow of vehicular traffic and tourist. The city has two operating motels with 105 rooms, RV park with 46 spaces with water and electricity, 25 campsites, U.S. Post Office, grocery store, two restaurants, gift shops, gas station, museum, opera house, ice cream parlor and all the desert beauty of the Guadalupe Mountains.
Included in the auction are all the assets of the city, which include its water rights for 460 acre-feet of daily potable water usage. This amounts to 150,000,000 gallons per year from its three Artisan wells. As the only source of potable water for nearly 20 miles, this asset is truly significant as it is the life’s blood of the community.
For more information on the White’s City Auction visit our website at www.Higgenbotham.com
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