Not much remains of the town of Monument anymore. The only visible signs found is a rock and dirt mound  that appears to be a loading ramp. Located less than 1/2 a mile north of the Mexican border on a lonely stretch of the railroad grade where it crosses the lava fields, this town probably was a loading stop for several cinder quarries located about a mile north of town. There is a road heading north of the railroad grade at this point, leading to these cinder quarries.
 

The "Monument National Forest" Just kidding... this large mesquite tree is growing on a mound of rock and gravel that appears to be a loading ramp used to load cinders from nearby quarries onto the trains.