Mesilla Valley (N.M.)

Scope and Contents Includes letters and notes to Demetrio Chavez. Some in Spanish and others in English. Felipe Duran, farm labor and early settler,(Mar 16, 188) Max Becker, J.C. Carboner and John Lemon ( Jan 7, 1890) Promise to pay Demetrio Chavez from Anthony Cowan (farmer)(Feb 19, 1890) and Joe Cowan (miner). J.M. Dawson (freighter) (Mar 9, 1893; Mar 9, 1893; Mar 17, 1893), List of names and amounts from the office of Hoarce Stephenson,(1894),Frank Oliver (Oct 1, 1894) Blas Duran (farmer)Aug 25, 1888,Catarino...

Abstract The bulk of the material is writing of Maude McFie Bloom, mother of John P. Bloom, wife of New Mexico historian Lansing Bloom, and daughter John McFie, on of the founders of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Maude McFie Bloom graduated from the college in 1903. Her senior thesis, History of the Mesilla Valley, is a standard source of information for 19th century Mesilla Valley history. McFie Bloom knew and interviewed many of the important residents of the valley for her...

Content Description The letters highlight the courtship of Lyon and Bowman, the early years of their marriage, and their lives in Mesilla, Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Information on family members, other Mesilla and Las Cruces personalities and area events are also communicated within the letters. Also included are two autograph books one belonging to Corie Bowman (1875-1886) and one belonging to her brother Ernest Bowman (1880-1883). The autograph books are filled with notes of good wishes and signatures of...