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Catron County (N.M.) -- History -- 19th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Charles E. Dawson Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-0394
Abstract Contains primarily correspondence between members of the Charles E. Dawson family. The majority of the letters are from family members to the two sons, Charles E. "Ed" Dawson, Jr., and William M. "Buddy" Dawson, who served in the military during World War II.
Dates: 1925-1945

Mary Grossetete Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-902-SC
Abstract The collection centers on Mary Grossete Landon’s diary, providing first-hand insight into the desperation and hardships of frontier and pioneer life in Catron County in the late nineteenth century.
Dates: 1893-1895, 2007; Majority of material found within 1893-1895