Pie Town in Catron County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Pie Town, N.M.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2016

1. Pie Town, N.M. Marker

Inscription. Due to the strategic location of our town, folks have always found it a pleasant place to stop, rest, and refresh…

The first merchant in town had such a demand for home made pies and they were of such quality that they became justly famous…

Local folks as well as travelers began to refer to the community as “Pie Town”…

And that’s how we got our name.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 34° 17.948′ N, 108° 7.827′ W. Marker is in Pie Town, New Mexico, in Catron County. It can be reached from U.S. 60 just west of Mud Pie Lane, on the right when traveling west. Marker is mounted at eye-level on the rustic "Pie-O-Neer" Café at this location, facing US Highway 60. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pie Town NM 87827, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest New Mexico. It is also in the American Southwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ada McPherson Morley (1852-1917) (approx. 12.4 miles away).

Also see . . . Pie Town, New Mexico (Wikipedia). Pie Town's name comes from an early bakery that specialized in dried-apple pies; it was established by Clyde Norman in the early 1920s.

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Pie Town is the location of a "Pie Festival" on the second Saturday of each September. Pie Town and the local restaurant were the subject of an article in Smithsonian magazine in February 2005. In 2014, a feature-length documentary, Pie Lady of Pie Town, was produced. CBS News Sunday Morning aired a story about the town in 2015. (Submitted on April 9, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Pie Town's "Pie-O-Neer" Café image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2016

2. Pie Town's "Pie-O-Neer" Café

(marker visible on wall, between front windows)

Today's Homemade Pies image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2016

3. Today's Homemade Pies

Welcome to Pie Town, New Mexico image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2016

4. Welcome to Pie Town, New Mexico

US Highway 60 crosses the Continental Divide<br>near Pie Town, New Mexico image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 19, 2016

5. US Highway 60 crosses the Continental Divide
near Pie Town, New Mexico

Credits. This page was last revised on April 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 7, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 612 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 9, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.