07-02-2010, 10:37 PM
I've got family that lives in Silver City... though I don't care much to associate with 'em. You mentioned that you named your layout after the ancients of the area. Here's another plausible source courtesy of this site... ( <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://rozylowicz.com/retirement/mogollon/mogollon.html">http://rozylowicz.com/retirement/mogollon/mogollon.html</a><!-- m --> )
Early in the eighteenth century, Don Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon served as the Spanish governor of lands from present New Mexico to the Pacific coast. Later the extensive mountain range of western New Mexico was given his name, and amid the mountains of this locality grew the gold and silver mining camp of Mogollon.
I was within about 10 miles of Mogollon a couple of weeks ago. My family and I drove down from Big Lake (near Eagar, AZ) to hike the catwalk trail through Whitewater Canyon. Neat stuff.
History....
In 1889 silver and gold was discovered in the Mogollon Mountains above Whitewater Canyon, just outside of Glenwood. Several mines were developed, and ore was hauled in wagons to a mill at the mouth of the Canyon. Water to operate the electric generators came from a pipeline reaching up into the Canyon. The pipeline was held onto the rock walls of the Canyon with timbers and iron bars that were in constant need of maintenance. Workmen dubbed it the Catwalk, and today it is operated as part of the Whitewater Canyon National Forest Recreation Area. Today it is the site of the one-mile Catwalk National Recreation Trail.
Early in the eighteenth century, Don Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon served as the Spanish governor of lands from present New Mexico to the Pacific coast. Later the extensive mountain range of western New Mexico was given his name, and amid the mountains of this locality grew the gold and silver mining camp of Mogollon.
I was within about 10 miles of Mogollon a couple of weeks ago. My family and I drove down from Big Lake (near Eagar, AZ) to hike the catwalk trail through Whitewater Canyon. Neat stuff.
History....
In 1889 silver and gold was discovered in the Mogollon Mountains above Whitewater Canyon, just outside of Glenwood. Several mines were developed, and ore was hauled in wagons to a mill at the mouth of the Canyon. Water to operate the electric generators came from a pipeline reaching up into the Canyon. The pipeline was held onto the rock walls of the Canyon with timbers and iron bars that were in constant need of maintenance. Workmen dubbed it the Catwalk, and today it is operated as part of the Whitewater Canyon National Forest Recreation Area. Today it is the site of the one-mile Catwalk National Recreation Trail.