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Legends.

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

A vision. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-9 17
Scope and Contents A legend dealing with the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe at El Porvenir.
Dates: 1936-1940

Buried money on the Mimbres. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-10 3
Scope and Contents Tales of treasure never recovered.
Dates: 1936-1940

Buried treasure. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-10 1
Scope and Contents Two short legends of buried treasure in New Mexico.
Dates: 1936-1940

Death makes a hit. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-9 25
Scope and Contents A legend of the Penitentes.
Dates: 1936-1940

Folkways. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-9 24
Scope and Contents Contains 2 short stories. "Proverbs" a list of Spanish proverbs & their English translations. "Buried Treasure" - legends of hidden treasure in New Mexico.
Dates: 1936-1940

Hermit's Peak. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-60 30
Scope and Contents Story of "Crazy Juan" a recluse who lived near Hermit's Peak. (Feb. 19, 1937).
Dates: 1936-1940

Johnnie Martin's place. N. Howard Thorp, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 13
Scope and Contents Tall tales told around "Johnnie's" store. (Oct. 14, 1937).
Dates: 1936-1940

The Bell Marianna. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-61 8
Scope and Contents Description of life in Cordova, N.M. and the estate of Don Pedro. Also a description of Don Pedro contributing gold and silver coins for the making of a bell for the church.
Dates: 1936-1940

The Bells on Ute Mountain. Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-9 3
Scope and Contents A legend dealing with the Penitentes.
Dates: 1936-1940

The legend of Capulin Mountain. William M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-58 17
Scope and Contents Tale of how a mountain got its name. (June 2, 1936).
Dates: 1936-1940

The Legend of Tome- the town of the broken promise. Allen A. Carter, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-1 2
Scope and Contents A Spaniard deceives a Comanche chief and brings disaster upon his village.
Dates: 1936-1940

The lost sheep. Georgia B. Redfield, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-21 7
Scope and Contents A legend of the New Mexico Bottomless Lakes near Roswell, N.M.
Dates: 1936-1940

The Magician. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-60 29
Scope and Contents Tale of "Chuck" Carson who tricks the Indians into his freedom by producing fire from no apparent source of fuel. The fire is fed by an underground supply of natural gas near Van Houten, N.M. (June 20, 1938).
Dates: 1936-1940

The naming of Cimarron. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-4-6 8
Scope and Contents A legend about how Cimarron got its name.
Dates: 1936-1940

The Padre's mine at Canon de la Soledad. Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 26
Scope and Contents A padre finds a gold mine.
Dates: 1936-1940

Treasure. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-10 2
Scope and Contents Legends dealing with lost treasures in New Mexico.
Dates: 1936-1940