4 Best Shopping in Raton, Northeastern New Mexico

You can enter a city slicker and exit a cowboy or cowgirl. The enormous space, an experience as much as a store, is full of fashionable, practical Western garb. Check out the collection of cowboy hats.

Hattie Sloan, proprietor of the Heirloom Shop, was one of the key figures involved in the restoration of Historic First Street. Hattie and her daughter and co-owner Cathy know their antiques and have packed this highly browse-worthy shop with beautiful selections, from rhinestone necklaces to quilts, china, and linens.

Rubin's Family Clothiers sells Pendleton shirts, woolen skirts, and well-made shoes. Its owners, Kathryn and Leon Rubin, can tell you a thing or two about local history—their store has been in the family for almost a century.

Given the quality of some of the merchandise, the prices at Santa Fe Trail Traders are reasonable. Items include earrings, sand paintings, dream catchers, Nambé hand-cast bowls, Navajo rugs old and new, beadwork, and kachinas (many by well-known artists).