Shakespeare
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leadhiker
N 32° 21.155 W 108° 44.587
12S E 712377 N 3581756
Marker is at the Lordsburg Visitor Center, in the passageway to the right of the visitor center entrance.
Waymark Code: WMBV10
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 06/21/2011
Views: 9
Marker Text:
Shakespeare
Located at the north end of the Pyramid Mountains, near the old stage stop at Mexican Springs, Shakespeare was first known as Pyramid Station. Later named Ralston, a diamond swindle caused its collapse in 1874. The town was revived as Shakespeare in 1879, named for the Shakespeare silver mining company, but the economic depression of 1893 closed the mines and made it a ghost town.