Mogollon, New Mexico
| Mogollon, New Mexico | |
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Street scene in the Mogollon Historic District
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 Mogollon
Mogollon
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| Coordinates: 33°23′48″N 108°47′39″W / 33.39667°N 108.79417°WCoordinates: 33°23′48″N 108°47′39″W / 33.39667°N 108.79417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| County | Catron |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC) |
| Area code(s) | 575 |
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Mogollon Historic District
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Cinco de Mayo celebration in Mogollon, 1914
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| Location | NM 78/Bursum Rd., Mogollon, New Mexico |
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| Area | 33 acres (13 ha) |
| Built | 1889 |
| NRHP Reference # | 87001541 |
| NMSRCP # | 38 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1987 |
| Designated NMSRCP | February 21, 1969 |
Mogollon, also called the Mogollon Historic District, is a former mining town located in the Mogollon Mountains in Catron County, New Mexico, in the United States. Located east of Glenwood and Alma, it was founded in the 1880s at the bottom of Silver Creek Canyon to support the gold and silver mines in the surrounding mountains. A mine called "Little Fannie" became the most important source of employment for the town's populus. During the 1890s Mogollon had a transient population of between 3,000 and 6,000 miners and, because of its isolation, had a reputation as one of the wildest mining towns in the West. Today Mogollon is listed as Fannie Hill Mill and Company Town Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
In the 1870s, Sergeant James C. Cooney of Fort Bayard found a rich strand of gold in the Gila Mountains near the future site of Mogollon. A miner named John Eberle built the first cabin in Mogollon in 1889, after mines were developed in Silver Creek, which runs through the town. A jail and post office opened in 1890, and the first school was added in 1892. During this period of growth, Mogollon absorbed the population of nearby Cooney, and helped towns like Glenwood, Gila and Cliff grow because of their locations along the trail to the town. Between 1872 and 1873 the stagecoach from Mogollon to Silver City was robbed 23 times by the same assailant. He was eventually apprehended by agents of the Wells Fargo.
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