Monday, October 03, 2011

Cuchillo, NM along the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway

San Jose Church circa 1907......


The town of Cuchillo was founded by ranchers and farmers in the 1850s. It was named for nearby Cuchillo Negro(Black Knife) Creek, which took its name from a local Apache chief.
When stage and freight lines ran from the railroad station at Engle to the silver mines at Winston, Chloride and Hermosa in the 1880s & 90s, Cuchillo was a natural choice for the stage stop because it lay midway between the two and was a thriving agricultural community with plenty of supplies for men and horses.
At the end of the mining boom, plus a series of devastating floods on the Cuchi1loNegro Creek, changed Cuchillo.
Today, it is a small village with some ranching and farming and a great deal of history and charm.

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