'''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.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma,_New_Mexico]
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'''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.[http://www2.srs.fs.fed.us/r3/gila/recreation/attractions.asp?attid=1]
'''Elfego Baca Memorial''' in Reserve commemorates the Frisco Shootout that occurred on December 1, 1884. Supposedly Baca single-handedly held off eighty attacking cowboys.[http://www.edd.state.nm.us/newsEvents/pressReleases/2008/PR-ElfegoBacaMemorial-05-21-08.pdf]
'''Mogollon''' is a mining ghost town that is on the National Register of Historic Places.[http://www.newmexico.org/western/explore/mogollon.php]
'''Lightning Field''' is an artistic installation of 400 stainless-steel poles near Quemado, created by Walter de Maria.[http://www.lightningfield.org/]
'''Whitewater Baldy''' in the Gila Wilderness is the highest point in Southwestern New Mexico, at 10,895 feet.[http://www.listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/Climbers.php?Id=11561]
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