MANGAS

NAME: MANGAS COUNTY: CATRON ROADS: 2WD GRID: 4 CLIMATE: Beautiful summers! Wonderful Winters! Enjoy1 BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time

COMMENTS: MANGAS. Post office 1896/1898. Mail to Cliff. REMAINS: inquire locally

MANGAS. Span. 'sleeve, frings of land'; also could be a transfer from Mangas, colo. Fray Angelico Chavez points out that Mangas is also used in a figurative sense for 'shreds' or 'sleeves' of rain pouring from clouds in a sky that is clear in other parts of the heavens. MANGAS. Community 28 MI W of Datil and 16 mi SE OF Quemado. This region is in the heart of the old country of the Apaches, one of whose chieftans was called Mangas Colorados, 'Red Sleeves,' but it is doubtful that the place names are Apache commemoratives. Formerly Pinoville.MANGAS CREEK. RISES AT TYRONE ON THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND FLOWS NW INTO GILA RIVER.MANGAS MOUNTAINS. Short range in center of county, N of San Augustine Plains and 8 mi S of Mangas. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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