Council Rock - New Mexico Ghost Town

COUNCIL ROCK

NAME: Council Rock
COUNTY: Socorro
ROADS: 4WD
GRID #(see map): 4
CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall

COMMENTS: A promoters Dream
REMAINS: Nothing left. Indian Ruins, private land.

Another example of real estate promotion that failed is Council Rock. The name came from a large boulder referred to by that name which in earlier years had been used as a meeting place for Indians and white men. A silver strike in 1881 was the beginning of what was thought to be a bonanza. Promoters built close to a hundred cabins and sold lots for $250.00. The bonanza did not materialize and two years later the town faded into obscurity. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth. COUNCIL ROCK. NW of Magdalena on an unnumbered road just W of junction of NM 52 and US 60. COUNCIL ROCK. Post office 1881 / 1883. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

Another example of real estate promotion that failed is Council Rock. The name came from a large boulder referred to by that name which in earlier years had been used as a meeting place for Indians and white men. A silver strike in 1881 was the beginning of what was thought to be a bonanza. Promoters built close to a hundred cabins and sold lots for $250.00. The bonanza did not materialize and two years later the town faded into obscurity. Courtesy Henry Chenoweth.

COUNCIL ROCK. NW of Magdalena on an unnumbered road just W of junction of NM 52 and US 60. COUNCIL ROCK. Post office 1881 / 1883. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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