Mogollon, ghost town and historic district in Catron County, New Mexico, United States
Mogollon is a former mining town at the bottom of Silver Creek Canyon in the Mogollon Mountains of Catron County, New Mexico, east of Glenwood and Alma. It was founded in the 1880s to serve the gold and silver mines around it, and the Little Fannie mine became its main employer. The town is now listed as the Fannie Hill Mill and Company Town Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
Mogollon was founded in the 1880s at the bottom of Silver Creek Canyon to serve the gold and silver mines; John Eberle built the first cabin in 1889, and a jail and post office opened in 1890. The Little Fannie mine became the town's main employer, and in the 1890s its transient population reached 3,000 to 6,000. Fires in 1894, 1904, 1910, 1915 and 1942 and floods in 1894, 1896, 1899 and 1914 repeatedly destroyed the town, which was rebuilt each time in stone and adobe. Mining declined after the Fanny mill and mines closed in 1942, and the district was listed on the National Register in 1987.
The site is accessible only by an unpaved mountain road and is several miles from the nearest inhabited area. Visitors should prepare for basic conditions, as there are minimal to no modern facilities on site.
The town takes its name from the Mogollon Mountains, not from an Apache leader. Between 1872 and 1873 the stagecoach from Mogollon to Silver City was robbed 23 times by the same assailant, who was eventually caught by Wells Fargo agents. A saloon and general store still standing were built as a film set for My Name is Nobody, a 1973 Spaghetti Western with Henry Fonda and Terence Hill.
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