Chas S. Middleton and Son, LLC, is privileged to have the exclusive listing on this small production ranch in Northeastern New Mexico. The ranch contains 2,900 +/- deeded acres. The ranch is 33 miles north of Las Vegas, 2 hours from Santa Fe, and a bit over 2.5 hours from the Albuquerque International Airport. Interstate 25 and a paved frontage road provides year-round access to the ranch and its entrance is accessed off the frontage road from Watrous, NM. The Optimo (Best or Very Good) Ranch is named after a ghost town located within the boundaries of this property. Optimo or as previously named Tipton was a town set up for a railroad depot. The railroad imported settlers from Pennsylvania who were called Dunkards. They settled the land and tried their hand at farming and ranching in this area of New Mexico. There are ruins scattered around the ranch, including a store and schoolhouse, as well as other old building sites. The house that the ranch manager lives in was once the Optimo post office. Thi
