The sad remains of someone's home...

Photo by Scott Schwartz

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January, 2018

This is Tonie Evelyn Seger's cabin, which is located near Burro-Schmidt Tunnel in the El Paso Mountains. Seger, whose first name was, in fact, "Evelyn", died in 2003 at the age of 95.  She lived on the site for over forty years, after moving from New England in the hopes that the dry desert climate would improve her husband's health.  After her husband died, Seger stayed on at the site, and would regale visitors (including your author) with tales of her life and of desert lore.

Once, this was Seger's home.  Since her death, however, vandals and souvenir hunters have all but gutted the cabins.