Category: History of Catron County, New Mexico

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Catron County is the largest county, by area, in New Mexico.

Settlement in the Catron County region dates to some of the earliest in the Americas.

The Mimbres culture was part of the Mogollon people who lived throughout the Catron County area from AD 1000-1130 AD.

In 1880, Sergeant James C. Cooney was the first person to find silver and gold ore in the mountains of Catron County.

Notorious outlaw Tom Ketchum also lived in Catron County around this time.

Catron County's lands were part of Socorro County from the creation of Santa Fé de Nuevo México until 1921.

In 1927, the State Legislature attempted to abolish both Socorro and Catron in order to create a new Rio Grande County.

Catron County is the largest county, by area, in New Mexico.

At almost, Catron County is larger than several eastern states, including Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Within the boundaries of Catron County lie parts of the Gila National Forest, the Apache National Forest and the Cibola National Forest.

Bordering Arizona, Catron County affords the shortest route between Albuquerque and Phoenix or Tucson.

In Catron County there is a volcanic area that until recently contained sufficient heat to cause steam to rise after a slight rain.

* El Caso Lookout Complex-Built in 1934 by the Works Progress Administration, the complex was one of three New Deal-era forest fire lookouts built in Catron County.

* Jerry D. Thompson, historian of the American Southwest, American Civil War, and Texas, was reared in Quemado in Catron County.

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Catron County, New Mexico

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* Camp Catron is outside of Nebraska City, Nebraska.

Catron is a city in New Madrid County, Missouri, United States.

Catron is located at ( 36. 612246 ,-89. 704807 ).

Reserve is a village in Catron County, New Mexico, United States.

It is the county seat of Catron County.

It is the county seat of Catron County, the state's largest and least densely populated county.

It is located in parts of Greenlee, Apache, Navajo, and Coconino counties in eastern and east-central Arizona, and Catron County in western New Mexico.

It is located in the extreme southern part of Catron County.

Aragon is an unincorporated community on the Tularosa River in Catron County, New Mexico, United States.

According to an essay by Christine R. Catron from the Museum of Broadcast Communications's Encyclopedia of Television, the decline in ratings for the show's last season is attributable to the fact that the show's premise had been fulfilled at the end of the previous season, when Allie accepted Bob Barsky's marriage proposal.

Datil is an unincorporated town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States.

The Lightning Field ( 1977 ) is a land art work in Catron County, New Mexico, by sculptor Walter De Maria.

Perhaps more than any other person, Catron is responsible for the Republican Party's dominance during New Mexico's first decade of statehood.

Catron County, New Mexico is named in his honor.

The Magdalena Ranger District is in south central New Mexico in western Socorro, northeastern Catron, and northern Sierra counties, and comprises the Bear Mountains, the Datil Mountains, the Magdalena Mountains and the San Mateo Mountains.

Not counting the three Grasslands areas, the Cibola National Forest proper is located in descending order of land area in Socorro, Cibola, McKinley, Catron, Torrance, Bernalillo, Sandoval, Lincoln, Sierra, and Valencia counties in New Mexico.

At that split, Catron county was named for Thomas B. Catron, a leading figure in New Mexico statehood, and its first senator.

Catron became a county in 1921.