( CNN ) -- Eighteen people are stranded in the town of Mogollon , New Mexico , after the only road in and out of town was washed away , according to a spokesman for Gov . Susana Martinez . New Mexico declared a statewide disaster Friday because of flooding . The torrential downpours and severe flooding that hit the state left one person dead . Mogollon is a secluded mountain town surrounded by the Gila National Forest . It once was a mining hub for silver , copper and gold and was home to about 2,000 people before the mines closed in 1942 , according to Mogollon Enterprises , which operates tourist storefronts in the city . Billing itself as `` the ghost town that refuses to die , '' Mogollon hosts an antiques store , artisans gallery , cafe , museum and theater , most of them re-fashioned out of the town 's original 19th-century structures . The Mogollon Theater is considered the oldest `` intact '' movie house in the state , Mogollon Enterprises says . Roughly an equal distance from Albuquerque , New Mexico , El Paso , Texas , and Tucson , Arizona , Mogollon is now largely a tourist attraction boasting hiking , hummingbirds and stargazing . The National Guard will be providing food , water and sanitary supplies Tuesday , and a bulldozer will scrape the road to provide access to the village , said Enrique Knell , the governor 's spokesman . The plan now is for the National Guard to bring supplies to the village on foot instead of flying them in . `` It is only about a mile walk , and they had trouble finding a good landing zone , '' Knell said . The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to assist . No air evacuations are expected . Colorado flooding : Residents return , but some find no home . CNN 's Eliott C. McLaughlin contributed to this report .
18 stranded when town 's only bridge is washed away . Once billed as ` ` the ' town that refuses to die '' , Mexico suffered a statewide disaster last week .