Cooney, New Mexico

Cooney, New Mexico
Cooney, New Mexico
—  Ghost Town  —
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Cooney, New Mexico
Location within the state of New Mexico
Country United States
State New Mexico
County Catron
Population (2000)
 - Total 0
Time zone Mountain (MST) (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) MDT (UTC)
Area code(s) 575
GNIS feature ID

Cooney is a ghost town in Catron County, New Mexico, United States, east of Alma. Cooney was once home to gold and silver prospectors in the nearby Mogollon Mountains.

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History

In the 1870s Sergeant James C. Cooney of Fort Bayard found a rich strand of gold in the Gila Mountains near the future site of Mogollon, New Mexico.[1] His find led to the development of several different mines in the area, as well as the settlement of the towns of Mogollon, Alma, and Glenwood.

Several settlers from Cooney were killed, including James Cooney, during an event called the Alma Massacre.[2] The town was washed away in a flood in 1911.[3]

Cooney Cemetery

Cooney Cemetery is a small graveyard found near the Cooney townsite in an isolated area east of Alma, New Mexico. It is located in the southern part of Catron County, approximately 7 miles east of Alma on County Road 7. Cooney Cemetery was created when James Cooney's brother, Captain Mike Cooney, and friends carved a sepulcher out of a rock in the canyon where he was killed and buried him there, sealing the tomb with the silver-bearing ore taken from the mine he discovered. The main part of the cemetery is located behind the above tomb and contains seven burials.[4][5]

Earth First! Monument

In 1980 Earth First! erected a monument dedicated to Victorio for his successful raid on Cooney and the killing of Cooney and his men. It read, in part,

This monument celebrates the 100th anniversary of the great Apache chief Victorio's raid on the Cooney mining camp near Mogollon, New Mexico, on April 12, 1880. Victorio strove to protect these mountains from mining and other destructive activities of the white race. The present Gila Wilderness is partly a fruit of his efforts...[6]

References

  1. ^ (nd) Mogollon, New Mexico. Retrieved 6/11/07.
  2. ^ (nd) Alma Massacre. Retrieved 6/11/07.
  3. ^ Brown, N.E. and Boggs, A. (2007) "Tomb of Sergeant James Cooney, Gila National Forest". The Conservation Fund. Retrieved 11/17/10.
  4. ^ Harris, C. (2007) Cooney Cemetery. Cemetery Transcription Library. Retrieved 6/12/07.
  5. ^ (nd) Cooney. USGenWeb. Retrieved 6/13/07.
  6. ^ Wall, D. (1999) Earth First! and the anti-roads movement: Radical environmental movements and comparative social movements. Routledge. p. 43.

Coordinates: 33°25′22″N 108°48′28″W / 33.42278°N 108.80778°W / 33.42278; -108.80778



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