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New Mexico
Mowry City Mimbres River stage stop
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: Mexican reales, horseshoes, lead balls and early cartridges.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1859-1881 stage station and promoter's town
Grew up at the Mimbres River crossing of Cooke's Wagon Road around a Butterfield Overland Mail relay station, and was promoted in 1859 through a misleading pamphlet as a future territorial capital. It lasted until the railroad reached southern New Mexico in 1881.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, flash floods
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