DERRY
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DERRY |
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NAME: Derry COUNTY: Sierra ROADS: 2WD GRID #(see map): 4 CLIMATE: Mild winter, warm summer BEST TIME TO VISIT:Spring, winter, fall |
COMMENTS:
11 miles N of Hatch. REMAINS: Now a small farming community. |
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Derry was
founded about 1869 by Hispanic settlers seeking land under the Homestead Act of 1862. It had a school by 1898 and a church in 1904. There was a brief boom in the 1920s, when manganese and fluorspar were mined in nearby mountains. Today, Derry is a small farming community. Its post office was open from 1893-94 and reopened in 1911. Courtesy Michael Cook. |
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