Ranching

Abstract The Armijo and Gallagher families papers include personal, business and legal documents primarily concerning Nestor Armijo’s involvement in mercantile and ranching interests during the late-1800s in southern New Mexico. The bulk of the papers document how the Armijo family established itself as one of the most well-known mercantile families of territorial New Mexico. A good deal of material pertains to the Armijo home, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Abstract September 16, 1887 letter written by Charles W. George of Hilton, New Mexico describing the ranching and game in that area.

Abstract Contains assorted items belonging to Las Vegas, New Mexico state senator DeWitt C. Reynolds. Included in the collection are notebooks, a Directory of the Thirteenth State Legislature of New Mexico, a horse notebook, livestock contract and vouchers. Also includes two photographs, several ration stubs and a few receipts.

Abstract The New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association was formed in 1914 to support and promote the cattle industry in New Mexico. This collection contains proceedings of annual conventions and audit reports, microfilm copies of bulletins, and ledgers.

Abstract Ranching operation owned by Lisle B. Lisle and C. C. Tannehill which included a 91,000 acre government lease on the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. 16mm black and white copy print of approximately 300 feet from a 35mm nitrate original entitled “Tannehill Brothers Ranch, 1916.” Documents ranching activities, including the round up, gathering cattle, shoeing horses, topping off broncs, separating cows and calves, selecting horses from the remuda, branding and castrating calves, eating...

Abstract Papers of William J. Weatherby and his wife, Laura Weatherby, an Alma, New Mexico, couple involved in mining and ranching operations. The collection consists primarily of correspondence, most of it relating to the promotion and development of various mines in the Mogollon Mountains near Cooney, New Mexico. Other correspondence is of a personal nature and provides a glimpse into turn-of-the century ranch life. Some legal papers, reports and printed material are also included.