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 We were driving north west towards New Mexico and it was still light. So there was time to visit Hueco State Park which lies just on the Texas side of the New Mexico border. This is a range of low rocky hills which get their peculiar name from the rocky depressions that gather rain water. The area below the rocks has been farmed for thousands of years and the native people regarded the hills as sacred. The Butterfield Overland Mail began operations in 1858 and brought  communities together across the vast expanse of the west. Because of the presence of water Hueco Tanks was used as a relay station. We were late getting to the Tanks so we had not long there until the park closed, but we must have spent an hour walking over the rocks. There are petroglyphs in the park. We did not find these but we did see some more modern inscriptions. From the Park we drove into New Mexico and up to White's City. A grand name for a tiny hamlet in the middle of nowhere, which had shut down for ...