Mescalero Indian Reservation (N.M.)

Abstract Photographs from a former chemistry professor at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts who took pictures of Las Cruces and Mescalero Apaches circa 1800s.

Scope and Content One journal kept by Hull on a 1908 trip he made to New Mexico from Georgia to visit his daughter May and her husband Judge William Pope. Pope became the first Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court under statehood in 1912. The trip lasted two months and included visits to Roswell, Santa Fe, Cloudcroft, the Slaughter Ranch, the Diamond A Ranch, the Mescalero Apache Reservation, and Tesuque Pueblo. Various parts of the journey were made by train, automobile, and horse and wagon. The...

Scope and Content This collection contains the research materials gathered by Historical Research Associates of Missoula, Montana, in conjunction with preparation of The Mescalero Timber Trust, A History of Forest Management on the Mescalero Indian Reservation. The collection consists of photocopies of original documents and reports, largely generated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The collection is organized in a basic chronological sequence, within broad subject areas. The...