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GHOST TOWNS, and CALVARY CAMPS
Let us take you back into TIME, Tours that take your Breath away
GhostTowns
STEINS
1881’s Ghost
Town, named after a US Army Officer Enoch Steen.This Railroad Town has some
remains of adobe buildings including a Section House, Tack Shop, Community
Kitchen and a Girdies Garter. Located 19 miles West of Lordsburg
SHAKESPEARE A place where many a HANGING took place. It was named for the Shakespeare Mining Company. BILLY the KID washed dishes at the Hotel Stratford that is still in tack. The other old buildings to view are the Assay office, Mail Station, General Store where they still have reenactments are displayed. A few miles South of Lordsburg
CLOVERDALE began around 1889. Victor Land and Cattle Company purchased the Cloverdale Ranch. The Store was built 1918 is now used to store hay for the cattle on the ranch, the old Cloverdale Store is a note from those who have gone before. 35 miles South of Animas, NM 338 County Road 1
Cross Roads in the Dessert a US Calvary Post named CAMP SHANNON Was established North of Hachita because of the Raid on Columbus by the Notorious PANCHO VILLA. It consisted of 50 wood frame structures housing over 400 enlisted men to protect the US and Mexican Border.
HACHITA JUNCTION
first Train was in 1902. About 7 miles West in the foothills of the Little Hachet Mountains is and Old GHOST Town of ‘Old Hachita’ where men mined Copper
until prices went down in 1920 and the old mine shut down. Remaining at the
Junction is a Mercantile, Hotel, Blacksmith shop, Livery Stables, Saddle Shop
and Bookmaker and a barbershop and of course a Saloon. Wagonloads of Ore were
brought to town for shipment on the Railroad. Cattle were herded from nearby
Ranches into Stockyards to be shipped by Rail, which still exists about a mile
West of Town. Hachita derived from a Spanish word “hacha” meaning a small
axe or hatchet. Hachita is off NMSH 9.
LITTLE HATCHET Mining Settlements appeared 1870’s to the West in Little Hatchet Mountains in to the East in Apache Hills where the discovery of Turquoise, Gold and Silver . Of course a Band of Apache Indians was a constant threat to the Ranches and Mines in the area.
GRANITE GAP 1879 Ghost Mining Camp where Copper, Zinc, Silver and Lead were mined in the Peloncello Mountain Range. This can still be a Treasure Hunt Adventure. Famous Gambler John Ringo mined claims here and other Frontiersmen lived in Wall Tent Camps below the mine. There are Foundations of small rock and adobe, and Cave dwellings still remain. Water was hauled in barrels on wagons to the camps and miles of underground tunnels. Off old Spanish Trail US 80 not far from Lordsburg, NM
CLAIRMONT GHOST TOWN founded on Copper Creek 1822 in the Mogollons, where it was the headquarters for the Prospectors. One summer day in the early1800’s Pie-Eyed Charley Shoemaker shot Louis Fay in the Stomach. At the site of Clairmont remain two sturdy log Cabins and an old corral. 19 miles East of Glenwood, NM
ALMA began 1878 Settlers came after a long journey by wagon and built cabins
and began Ranching. In 1879 a roving Band of Apaches made a raid killing fome
of John Keller’s cattle. Keller and his party went after the Apaches killing
Toribio the son-in-law of Chief Victoria then the real Warpath began. There
was also a man named Wilcox that with his death was the lost secret of the
location of a rich Gold claim discovered a few days before.
7 miles north of
Glenwood,NM
MOGOLLON shadows of the Past are still present as you visit this Ghost Town. James Cooney founded this place when he discovered Gold while on an Army Expedition. There were 5 Devastating Fires, 4 Floods, Robberies, and Stagecoach Holdups in this small town. Must see the rock tomb that Cooney was placed. 15 miles NE of Glenwood