ORVILLE

NAME: Orville
COUNTY: La Paz
ROADS: 4WD.
LEGAL INFO: T5N, R14W
CLIMATE: Warm winter, Hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Winter, fall
COMMENTS: 5.5 miles southeast of Salome.
REMAINS: Nothing.
1879 marked the layout of Orville and the erection of a 5 stamp mill at the Socorro mine. The town only had about 30 residents, one saloon, and one store. The town, which was renamed Centennial, didn't last long after a winter flood washed away the town.


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