BEAVER

NAME: BEAVER
COUNTY: SOCORRO
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 5
CLIMATE: do not fret about the weather
BEST TIME TO VISIT: any time
COMMENTS: BEAVER. Post office 1880 / 1882.There are place names in at least five counties of New Mexico contributed by this amphibious rodent which in the 1820's and 1830's drew French and english trappers to the territory.
REMAINS: nothing
BEAVER. Socorro County. Post office 1880/1882.BEAVER CREEK. Catron County. Flows S into the Gila River. Once the site of BEAVERHEAD LODGE. Named by the Evans Brothers, local ranchers, because of the creed. Post office 1922 / 1938.BEAVER CREEK. Colfax County. Flows into the upper Rayado River in SW corner of the county.BEAVER CREEK. San Miguel County. N. fork of El Porvenir Creek.BEAVER RIVER. See Canadian River. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter

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