Box 1
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Crownpoint Ranching: General
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Includes material on a number of ranches, such as recollections; brief sketches/summaries of numerous ranches; correspondence.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Berryhill Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Two pages of notes on the ranch and related family, copy of 1950 land use agreement, copies of 1930 and 1940 federal census returns and extracts related to family members.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Burnham Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Untitled one-page memoir about the Standing Rock Trading Post (also known as the Little Apple Store) and the Burnham family and another titled “Life in Navajo Territory” by Lillian Burnham; research notes on names and dates, ranch location, and contact information.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Davis Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Three sheets of historical notes and contact information.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Kirk Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and historical notes relating to the Kirk family; recollections.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
McKenzie Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
One page of research notes.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Naylor (Ruby) Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
Research notes on ranch history and families; copy of transcription of interview with Dave Farr from Catron County Historical Society; copies of land deeds and a mortgage release, both circa 1951. Later known as the Bar Z Cattle Company.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Northstar Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Recollection titled “Northstar Ranch by Pa”.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Sidney and Nola Pitt
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
rResearch notes and a number of recollections related to Sidney Pitt (including son Cug) and family; copy of Pitt family genealogy.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Pitt Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes on ranch history and the Pitt family, including information on Harold and Audrey (Pitt) Enarson; recollections; photographs of the Pitt and Miller families and a landscape with ranch; copies of Pitt genealogies; federal census return extracts for 1930; correspondence; a copy of a map north of Crownpoint with sections numbered; copies of tax statements and an 1948 deed; photocopies of articles, including one by Ernie Pyle on the Pitt Ranch.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Kelsey Presley Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
Research notes; copies of articles and obituary; recollections; correspondence; extracts from federal census returns for related family; copy of 1953 land deed.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Ed Sargent Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
One page of research notes.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Smith Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Recollections; correspondence; clippings of obituary of Birdie Smith Ashcroft; copy of 1950 mortgage and 1962 mortgage release; extracts from the 1930 federal census for the Smith family.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Stepp (Ruby) Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
Historical notes and recollections; Stepp family tree; copy of obituary for Sammie Stepp Giannini; copy of transcription of interview with Dave Farr from Catron County Historical Society; clipping about Chaco Canyon campgrounds.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Willcoxson Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
Copy of 1949 Contract of Sale by Rose Eaves to Buck Willcoxson.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
I. K. Westbrook Ranch
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
Includes copies of photographs; extracts from federal censuses; contact information; obituaries; copy of 1926 homestead land patent; copy of land deed; research notes; map; recollections; correspondence; ranch unit competitive bid meeting agenda; news clippings.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Photographs
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
Photographs of Crownpoint Trading Post and individuals, with labels.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Correspondence
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
Emails and letters concerning Sue Sterling’s research.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
History of Crownpoint
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Copy of History of Crownpoint New Mexico, 1910-1935, by Samuel Stacher, including an enclosed copy of an article from the Navajo Times about Code Talker Martin Felix Napa.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
1920 US Federal Census
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
Copies, extractions and notes of 1920 US Federal Census returns for McKinley County related to ranching families in the Crownpoint area.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
1930 US Federal Census
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Copies, extractions and notes of 1930 US Federal Census returns for McKinley County related to ranching families in the Crownpoint area.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
1940 US Federal Census
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Copies, extractions and notes of 1940 US Federal Census returns for McKinley County related to ranching families in the Crownpoint area.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Maps
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
USGS Topographical map of Seven Lakes, New Mexico quadrangle (1970); Southern San Juan County, New Mexico (2012); copies of portions of maps of areas around Crownpoint, New Mexico and Chaco Canyon.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Research Notes
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
Four pages of notes from “History of New Mexico” (1907) about early settlers and businesses in Gallup and Coolidge, New Mexico; list of “names to look for” (with some annotations); list of “people I have talked to”; notes from a trip to Chaco, undated; some notes on individuals; a spiral notebook with research notes, notes on land transactions circa 1900-1950 and photocopies of photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022
Articles
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of entries on Thoreau, New Mexico and Crownpoint, New Mexico from unidentified historical sources; photocopy of a history of Thoreau, New Mexico with transcriptions of oral history interviews, source unidentified.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1960 - 2022