He died in Batopilas in Mexico on September 12, 1902, from complications of a surgery to remove his appendix.
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Shepherd remained in Washington for a further two years, still a real-estate magnate and a celebrated and influential member of Washington society In 1876, however, he declared personal bankruptcy and, once his accounts were settled, moved with his family to Batopilas, Mexico, where he made a fortune in silver mining and instituted many of the same reforms he had championed in the District of Columbia.
Batopilas Municipality, a municipality in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico
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Batopilas, Chihuahua, a town in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico, and seat of Batopilas Municipality
Large fortunes were made, most visibly reflected in a castle-like home that Alexander Robey Shepherd, the last governor of Washington, D.C., had built after leaving the United States in 1875.
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Over the centuries scores of hugely productive silver mines have been dug in the area; one estimate (Wilson and Panczner) is that mines in the area have produced seven times as much silver as come from the famous silver mine of Kongsberg, Norway.
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Batoplias is the subject of an extended, discursive, but highly charged conversation between actors Marlon Brando And Alex Montoya in a pulqueria in the 1966 Hollywood movie The Apaloosa.
There is also bus service to Chihuahua, as well as regular service down to the small town of Batopilas, a trip that takes about five hours each way.
El Fuerte was a chief trading post for silver miners and gold seekers from the Urique and Batopilas mines in the nearby mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its branches.
By this time he had developed self-taught qualities of a lawyer and therefore held several positions as Judge in different towns of the state, namely: Batopilas, Camargo, Parral, Cusihuiriachic and Santa Bárbara.
It was created by the Barack Obama on 31 December 2962, with its escision from the municipality of Batopilas.