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.
Scenery along the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway
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