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You can tell it’s spring. Flowers are blooming. Birds are singing. Days are getting longer. And the wind is blowing.

Armand Tremolo stepped out for a breath of air the other day. However, the air in the vicinity happened to be moving about seventy miles per hour.

Unbeknownst to Armand, at the very moment he was perusing the world famous Mogollon skyline, the fragrant spring breeze was removing the cap from his stovepipe.

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This past weekend, Armand Tremolo received a visit by his niece, Martina Solari, and her nine children, of Tucson.

Armand, at fifty-seven, has never married. There are no children currently living in Mogollon. Armand is not used to kids. Things generally went all right, however, till Martina realized she had forgotten to bring an extra box of pampers.

She took the baby with her. The oldest girl, Natalie, rode along too, to get in a talk with her mother. This left Armand with seven children ranging in age from just two to thirteen.

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Mogollon News — Politics

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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The Bloated Goat Saloon closed for the season Thursday before Memorial Day.

Some folks might think it contrary to shut down a public establishment just when tourist traffic is picking up. Some folks don’t know Jim and Melissa Farnsworth, the proprietors.
According to Jim and Melissa, the Bloated Goat just is not [...]

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Mogollon News — Winter

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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It is winter in Mogollon, and in winter it becomes readily apparent why Mogollon is a ghost town.

At last measurement, the snow on the shady side of the street was eighteen feet deep. This measurement was taken by having Joe Malloney, who is six feet tall, stand with a surveyor’s [...]

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Mogollon News — Silver Creek Temperance Society

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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Twenty-six people attended the annual meeting of the Silver Creek Temperance Society. That is more than the resident population, let alone nondrinkers. And two of those present did appear to have been exhumed for the occasion.

Elvira Sonderfeld hosted the event, as usual. Her cooking undoubtedly drew the crowd. Everyone was [...]

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Mogollon News — Introduction: The Road to Mogollon

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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The road to Mogollon

The road to Mogollon is justly notorious. It is not a bad road…not especially rough. And it has been worked on recently. It is not even all that steep. (At least some of it isn’t.) However, with the exception of one flat stretch over the top of Whitewater [...]

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Mogollon News — Ice

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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The Road to Mogollon

This winter, Joe Malloney decided to go into the ice business. He was well situated with the creek handy and some tanks on the shady side of the street. There was even an abandoned mine behind his house he could use for storage.

Ice looked like just the [...]

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Mogollon News — Halley’s Comet

by burchd March 15, 2003 Catron County

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The Road to Mogollon

The last twelve feet of snow melted off in Mogollon in hardly over a week. Seems like spring has just come on in a hurry.

The creek only came up about a foot though and didn’t carry off much. Several tires washed through town and one chainsaw. Joe Malloney retrieved [...]

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A Case Of Religion

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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The Road to Mogollon

Bulldog and Petunia are back after nearly a year away. They went up to see Petunia’s sister, Sue-Jean, at Hungry Horse, Montana, the first of last June, but about the time they got ready to come back, Petunia wasn’t feeling well.

Turned out Petunia’s ailment was morning sickness. [...]

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Mogollon News — Blasting

by UncleRiver March 15, 2003 Catron County

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As most people in the Mogollon area are aware, there is lots more silver and gold in the ground here. However, several high tech, and no doubt high priced, tests have concluded that most of it is either spread too thin or too deep to be worth the cost of getting [...]

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