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Glenwood, New Mexico
Photo: Tom Blackwell from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mogollon was a gold and silver camp after a soldier's 1870 discovery, with several thousand residents at its peak and mining that continued into the 1950s. Nearly a hundred historic buildings stand, mostly used as homes and summer houses, and about fifteen people live there year-round. It was listed on the National Register in 1987, with a small museum and seasonal businesses reached by a steep one-lane road.
Businesses mostly open Friday through Sunday, May to October; the last five miles of road are one lane.
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