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County in New Mexico, United States
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Catron County is a rural county in Southwest New Mexico. Pie Town is covered in a separate article.
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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.
A mining ghost town that is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Commemorates the Frisco Shootout that occurred on December 1, 1884. Supposedly Baca single-handedly held off eighty attacking cowboys.
An artistic installation of 400 stainless-steel poles near Quemado, created by Walter de Maria.
The highest point in Southwestern New Mexico, at 10895 ft.
A one-mile trail following the path of an old water pipe used in mining.
Pie Town is famous for its pies, of course.
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Silver City · Regional · SVC
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