Catron County

county in New Mexico, United States

Catron County is a rural county in Southwest New Mexico.

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See

  • Alma. is a ghost town with a well-tended cemetery. It was the site of the Alma massacre in 1880, and on that event's centenary a monument to it was erected in the Gila Wilderness. 
  • Mogollon. is a mining ghost town that is on the National Register of Historic Places. 
  • Elfego Baca Memorial. In Reserve commemorates the Frisco Shootout that occurred on December 1, 1884. Supposedly Baca single-handedly held off eighty attacking cowboys. 
  • Lightning Field. Is an artistic installation of 400 stainless-steel poles near Quemado, created by Walter de Maria. 
  • Whitewater Baldy. In the Gila Wilderness is the highest point in Southwestern New Mexico, at 10,895 feet. 

Do

  • Catwalk National Recreational Trail (in Whitewater Canyon Forest National Recreational Area). is a one-mile trail following the path of an old water pipe used in mining. 

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