{"id":3091,"slug":"kingston-kingston-new-mexico","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Kingston is the inflated — the '7,000' that's the legend's count, the '329' that's the census's truth. The 'Billy impossible' is the debunked — the 'dead before' that's the timeline's proof, the 'Twain Cleveland' that's the fame's wish. The 'two months' is the mushroomed — the 'wilderness' that's the start's state, the '2,000 lots' that's the rush's speed.","The '90 percent' is the crashed — the 'silver slumped' that's the '93's blow, the 'gold standard' that's the killer's name. The 'Iron King' is the named — the 'mine' that's the town's source, the '22 saloons' that's the wild's count. Kingston is the shrunk — the 'largest town' that's the myth's boast, the '50 stay' that's the now's count.","The file keeps Kingston: the inflated legend, the impossible Billy, the crashed silver, and the staying fifty.","Kingston is the archive's New Mexico file — the boomtown whose myths outnumber its residents."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Kingston is the archive's New Mexico file — the silver camp whose legend inflated itself.","A town keeps its census — the file's suggestion being that Kingston's hold is the exaggerated: the '7,000' that's the myth's count, the '329' that's the record's truth, and the 'Billy' that's the impossible guest."]}],"name":"Kingston","aliases":[],"type":"GHOST_TOWN","type_label":"Ghost Town","cats":["GHOST_TOWN","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","MINING"],"groups":["ghost-towns","legends"],"desc":"The camp that claimed 7,000—now a handful of buildings.","full_desc":"A ghost town in Kingston, New Mexico, Kingston is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The camp that claimed 7,000—now a handful of buildings. It sits in the archive under ghost towns, mining history and local folklore. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Kingston","county":null,"state":"New Mexico","postal":null,"region":"West","lat":32.917335,"lon":-107.709555,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site / pueblo / park","research_notes":"SW batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":3024,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the town. In a place where the population already left once, the remaining reports at Kingston feel almost inevitable. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. 'Kingston NM' carries the account. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Kingston NM","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_New_Mexico","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The 1882 boom is documented. Kingston's history is documented — boom, bust, and desertion all on record, the lore layered on top. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Kingston NM'. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1882","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Kingston NM","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_New_Mexico","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Site is largely open-air; some buildings may be unsafe or on private land. Check local conditions before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Kingston NM","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_New_Mexico","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}