Historical Marker
The Catwalk
Glenwood, Catron County · New Mexico
John Graham's mill opened at the canyon mouth in 1893, and the town of Graham, about two hundred people, grew around it. Water ran year-round only higher up, so a four-inch pipe was bolted along the slot canyon, replaced by an eighteen-inch line in 1897; the workmen who walked it to patch leaks called it the Catwalk. The mill lasted about ten years and was sold for scrap. The CCC rebuilt the walkway for visitors in 1935, the Forest Service replaced it in steel in 1961, and floods after the 2012 Whitewater-Baldy Fire forced another rebuild.
What the plaque says
Official Scenic Historic Marker The Catwalk This steel causeway follows two pipelines which supplied water and water power to the old town of Graham where gold and silver ores were milled from nearby mines in the 1890s. The causeway clings to the sides of a sheer box canyon in Whitewater Creek and is accessible by a foot trail from the White- water picnic ground.
Where it stands
33.32080, -108.88315 · Directions
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