U.S. Route 60 in New Mexico
U.S. Route 60 (US 60) is an east–west United States Highway within New Mexico. It begins at the Arizona state line and continues east to the Texas state line.
US 60 eastbound at the junction with NM 603 in Pie Town
US 60 looking west, west of Socorro
US 54, US 60 and US 285 in Vaughn.
Pie Town is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located along U.S. Highway 60 in Catron County, New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 186. Pie Town's name comes from an early bakery that specialized in dried-apple pies, established by Clyde Norman in the early 1920s. Pie Town has been noted for its colorful place name. Pie Town is the location of a "Pie Festival" on the second Saturday of each September. Pie Town is located immediately north of the Gila National Forest and not very far west of the Plains of San Agustin, the location of the Very Large Array radio telescope, which is also located along U.S. 60. In addition, one of the ten large radio antennas that form the Very Long Baseline Array of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory can be seen from U.S. 60, just east of Pie Town.
Homesteader with dugout house in Pie Town, 1940 photograph by Russell Lee.
Serving food in Pie Town, 1940
Daily Pie Cafe, May 2009
School children singing, 1940