A Two State Town

 As Interstate 40 approaches Glenrio, it just kisses the northwest corner of Deaf Smith County. It is only in
Deaf Smith County for about a mile.
 Glenrio, or rather what's left of it, straddles the border between Texas and New Mexico. I referred to it as a ghost town in the last installment. It is not completely abandoned, there are two occupied houses, but it is a ghost town nevertheless.  It is not what some historians call "a true ghost." In terms of businesses, it is a ghost town in the truest sense of the word because there is not one operating business in town. They all closed for good decades ago.
  The bypassing of Glenrio by Interstate 40 dealt a lethal blow to the town. Of the abandoned buildings that are still standing, there are two former gas stations, one with a garage, two former motels, abandoned tourist cabins (the forerunner of motels) with iron bed frames with broken springs and sagging mattresses still in the rooms, the post office and several houses, among others.
  However, the weeds alongside Old Highway 66 conceal the detritus of other once thriving businesses. Rubble such as broken concrete, scattered adobe bricks, nails and concrete or asphalt driveways serve as mute testimony to the prosperous era of Glenrio when it served travelers on U.S. Highway 66 with every necessary convenience of highway travel.
 One of the motels, located in Texas just a few feet from the state border had the name "First Motel in Texas" on one side of the sign and "Last Motel in Texas" on the other side. This sign is now partially ruined and only some of the letters are visible.
  The Glenrio post office was located in New Mexico, next door to the "First Motel in Texas/Last Motel in Texas."  It appears to be still in good condition and, the one time I was in Glenrio, cluster mail boxes were located in front of it and appeared to be in use. I am guessing that the post offices in either Adrian, Texas or San Jon, New Mexico deliver the mail to these boxes.
  There are two occupied houses in Glenrio, one in Texas, one in New Mexico. The one in Texas is located behind one of the abandoned gas stations, so I am guessing the owner of the gas station once lived in that house. The occupied house in New Mexico is located on a dirt road that straddles the state border and it looks like a ranch headquarters. So the population of Glenrio, I am guessing, is about half a dozen.