Frontier and pioneer life.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:
Interim. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-2 61
Scope and Contents
Billy the Kid interrupts a frontier dance.
Dates:
1936-1940
Interview with Mr. Poe. D.D. Sharp, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-2 60
Scope and Contents
Personal recollections of Billy the Kid.
Dates:
1936-1940
Mexican boy captured by Apache Indians. Clay Vaden, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-27 3
Scope and Contents
A brief description of Philipe Padilla's capture by Apache Indians. (same as 5-5-27 #2).
Dates:
1936-1940
Northern New Mexico in 1870. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-6 4
Scope and Contents
Description of life in New Mexico during the 1870's. Gives a description of social customs and dangers of Indian attacks.
Dates:
1936-1940
Old man Saunderson. R.T.F. Simpson, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-1 2a
Scope and Contents
Describes the problems two trader had when they buried an old prospector.
Dates:
1936-1940
Old timers stories - Indians. W.M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-22 4
Scope and Contents
Tales of Indians and their relationships with settlers.
Dates:
1936-1940
Old timer's tales. J. Vernon Smithson, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-5 7
Scope and Contents
A description of frontier life in the Clovis, N.M. area and how the pioneers secured water.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer captured by apaches. Clay Vaden, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-27 2
Scope and Contents
A brief description of Philipe Padilla's capturee by Apache Indians.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer customs - shorts. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-5 13
Scope and Contents
Insights into some customs of early New Mexico.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer stories. Betty Reich, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-1 1
Scope and Contents
The story of the Collins family and how they escaped from the Indians.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer stories. Betty Reich, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-1 22
Scope and Contents
Description of Indian raids around Deming N.M.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer stories. Janet Smith, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-5 8
Scope and Contents
Brief description of various incidents in New Mexico history as recalled by Mrs. Ella May Chaves. Items such as: a murder committed by Archbishop Lamy's nephew; the debate over public education; banking; gambling; and the tourist industry.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer story - Billy the Kid. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-2 2
Scope and Contents
A story of Billy the Kid explaining the motive for the death of Bob Ollinger.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer story. Edith C. Crawford, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-60 40
Scope and Contents
Florence Cravens relates story of her coming to New Mexico from Texas by wagon train. (April 11, 1938).
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer story. Edith L. Crawford, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-2 54
Scope and Contents
Frontier life in Lincoln County.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer story. Edith L. Crawford, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-2 55
Scope and Contents
Tales of frontier life in Lincoln County; Indian relations.
Dates:
1936-1940
Pioneer story. Katherine Ragsdale, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-2 63
Scope and Contents
Descriptions of Billy the Kid's relations with the Jones family.
Dates:
1936-1940
Reminiscences of Mr. Joe Prewitt. Mrs. R.T.F. Simpson, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-5 3
Scope and Contents
A pioneer from Colorado recalls the Farmington, N.M. area in the 1860's-1880's.
Dates:
1936-1940
San Francisco Plaza, Catron County. H.P. Collier, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-1 7
Scope and Contents
Brief history of this settlement.
Dates:
1936-1940
The annual round-up of the No-Cow Cattle Company. W.M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-3 1
Scope and Contents
The citizens of Clayton, N.M. organized this cattle company in order to plan the annual round-up.
Dates:
1936-1940
The Clifton house. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-6 6
Scope and Contents
The story of Clay Allison and the Clifton house.
Dates:
1936-1940
The Indian fight at Loving. W.E. Wheeler, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-1 17
Scope and Contents
A former cowboy recalls frontier tales and relations with Indians on the Plains.
Dates:
1936-1940
The killing of the Gomas family. Bill Rawlee, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-9 18
Scope and Contents
A story of Indian attacks and a young boy being captured by the Indians.
Dates:
1936-1940
The luck of a rabbit's foot. Lula Mae Collins, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-4-8 8
Scope and Contents
Radio drama about a family homestead.
Dates:
1936-1940
Uncle Jimmie. Joyce Hunter, collector., 1936-1940
File
Identifier: 5-5-61 5
Scope and Contents
Tragic tale of a cowboy being tied to a tree by other cowboys and left for 3 days. (July 6, 1937).
Dates:
1936-1940