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Contrabando

Redford, Texas

An abandoned movie set in the desert of West Texas. 

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Flooding damage from September 2008 can be seen here, the water level was above the doorway to the church. http://www.terlinguagallery.com/contraband...
A shot of the sign that points to the Contrabando movie set site. http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro-dudes/3...
The chapel at night with the moon rising over the hills. Damage to the outside is quite obvious, the stucco has been washed off Jurgen M Lobert (Jurgen M Lobert)
The main cantina building standing alone after other buildings have been removed. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
A view within the cantina building. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
A view within the cantina building. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
A look out at the Rio Grande which the set is set beside. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
The Rio Grande has flooded in the past, destroying some of the set's buildings. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
The other building on the premises, a great place to relieve yourself of the cerveza(s) you consumed earlier. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
A fine place for a picnic lunch besides the surging Rio Grande River. WGTMMike (Atlas Obscura User)
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A short drive west into Big Bend Ranch State Park from Lajitas yields the discovery of a completely vacant and mostly artificial ghost town. There exists one building at the site that is actually historical in nature, a small adobe building called ‘La Casita’, the rest of the site was built for the movies.

Among the movies filmed here are: Dead Man’s Walk, and Streets of Laredo, both made for TV movies from the ‘Lonesome Dove’ series by Larry McMurtry.

In September of 2008, Ojinaga, Mexico was inundated with rain, which led to the Rio Grande flooding into the State Park and surrounding areas. Today, the site is once again open to the public. 

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Head West on Ranch Rd. 170 for 9.5 miles from Lajitas into Big Bend Ranch State Park.

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