Magdalena Stock Driveway Association records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-0401
Scope and Content
The Magdalena Stock Driveway Association records contain the business records of the association. They date from 1946 into the 1970s. Included are the articles of incorporation for the association in 1946, as wells as annual reports, meeting minutes, tax information, correspondence, and legal documents. Documented within the collection are driveway users’ opinions on the future, or changes to the driveway, as well as their use of it.
Dates
- 1946-1972
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Open. All materials in this collection are available for research under supervised conditions in the Research Room.
Copy Restrictions
Copyrights associated with materials in this collection have not been transferred to New Mexico State University.
Historical Sketch
Magdalena, NM grew significantly from a small town of tents during the railroad boom of the later 19th century. The spur line of the railroad from Socorro allowed miners and ranchers to bring their goods to the town where the railroad provided access to the rest of the country. The stock driveway was built to allow cattle to be driven from as far away as eastern Arizona to Magdalena, the shipping point. For some time it was the largest shipping point for wool and cattle in the state. According to the Socorro County Chamber of Commerce brochure: “in 1917, a stock driveway leading to the railroad shipping pens at Magdalena was completed. Some eighty miles long and seven miles wide, it was the country's largest. However, just a few years later the great cattle boom in Socorro County was to end; the last spectacular cattle shipment from Magdalena occurred in 1915.” The Magdalena Stock Driveway continued in use until the 1970s.
Sources:
Myrick, David F. New Mexico’s Railroads. Golden, CO : Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970.
Socorro County Chamber of Commerce online brochure. Available from http://www.socorro-nm.com/Historynarrative.htm. Accessed June 23, 2005.
Sources:
Myrick, David F. New Mexico’s Railroads. Golden, CO : Colorado Railroad Museum, 1970.
Socorro County Chamber of Commerce online brochure. Available from http://www.socorro-nm.com/Historynarrative.htm. Accessed June 23, 2005.
Extent
0.50 Linear Feet (1 Box)
Abstract
Business records for the Magdalena Stock Driveway Association.
Acquisition
- RG2002-026 Gift of Margaret “Peggy” Birmingham
Processing Information
Processed by Roxanne Klunczyk, December 2002
Reprocessed by Cassie McClure, October 2004
Reprocessed by Cassie McClure, October 2004
- Title
- Guide to the Magdalena Stock Driveway Association records, 1946-1972
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Cassie McClure
- Date
- © 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Repository Details
Part of the New Mexico State University Library Archives and Special Collections Repository