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Silver Creek Inn
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Mogollon (mo-go-yone) is a notorious ghost town nestled high (6500') in the sky island of the Mogollon Mountains of southwest New Mexico. Uniquely situated above breathtaking valleys midway between Albuquerque and Tucson, it is a two hour drive north of Silver City, New Mexico. Surrounded by the Gila National Forest and Gila Wilderness, opportunities for solitude abound. |
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When you visit, stay at Silver Creek Inn, a rare two-story adobe structure built by Frank Lauderbaugh circa 1885. The 5,000 square foot building was first known as the Mogollon House. Henry Johnson, the proprietor, rented upstairs rooms and sold food and merchandise on the Main Street floor. |
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The building changed hands in 1914 when James (J.P.) Holland, a barber from Philadelphia, bought into the booming mining town. J.P. opened his barbershop and the downstairs floor as a general store while renting rooms on the second floor. He spent a lifetime in Mogollon cutting hair and selling everything from lamp carbon to lingerie. |
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World War II’s steel and manpower shortage was the beginning of the end for Mogollon as a thriving mining town. The old man stayed through the war and watched the town’s inhabitants evaporate. In 1948 he left the old store to the ghosts and spent his remaining years in California. The old building, with its leaking roof and archaic mud walls melting into Silver Creek, somehow survived until 1980 when Stan King arrived to renovate and restore the old adobe to its present condition. |
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Today, the Silver Creek Inn once again offers rooms of character and sumptuous dining to visitors of this expansive country. Guests are treated to freshly baked pies by Kathy Knapp, "the Pielady", of the famous Pie-O-Neer Café, Pie Town, NM. Enjoy the peace and quiet. Hike, bird, bike, photograph. Retreat to an area of openness and art, to talking creeks and creaking stairs, to a town of population 15 and a tradition of southwest hospitality. Rooms » |
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Accommodations are for adults only (21 years of age and older). No pets are allowed (the ghosts frighten them). Smoking allowed in outside designated areas ONLY. Four rooms available with private baths. Rooms available Friday and Saturday nights (two night minimum). Weekend package for two, meals included—$375.00-$425.00. Breakfast to order and home-style dinners are served. After check-in dessert served Friday evening Meals include Breakfast Saturday and Sunday and Dinner Saturday night Saturday picnic lunch provided on request. |
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