Catron County

Catron County is a rural county in Southwest New Mexico.

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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.

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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