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Frontier and pioneer life.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

A day on the round-up. W.M. Emery, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-1 10
Scope and Contents

A tale of the branding procedures on a ranch near the New Mexico/Colorado border.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

A last steal - pioneer story. Benton Mosley, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-1 18
Scope and Contents

Four ranchers are outwitted by a band of Apaches.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

A wild horse hunt. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-4 21
Scope and Contents

Description of techniques used in hunting wild horses.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

About Billy the Kid. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-25
Scope and Contents

Description of a store blown up by Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billie the Kid. Betty Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 20
Scope and Contents

Stories of Billy's life and family as remembered by Louie Abraham.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billie the Kid. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 19
Scope and Contents

Early remembrances of Billy told to the Enterprise. Jan 1, 1902 by H.H. Whitchill.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billie the Kid. Frances Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 1
Scope and Contents

Possible true story of Billy the Kid's early life in Silver City.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billy the Kid. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 13
Scope and Contents

Describes the relationship between Billy and Ed Moulton.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billy the Kid. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 3
Scope and Contents

A tale about money hidden by Billy the Kid.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billy the Kid. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 4
Scope and Contents

Remembrances handed down in the Rudolph family about Billy the Kid.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Billy the Kid. W.C. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 12
Scope and Contents

Describes the early life and family of Billy the Kid in Silver City.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Blizzard happenings. Benton Mosley, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-1 15
Scope and Contents

Tales of how the pioneers on the Plains endured blizzards.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Camp Maddox. H.P. Collier, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-1 5
Scope and Contents

Description of a temporary military camp that was set up to protect settlers from the Apache Indians.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Capt. Arrington at Ranger Lake. Benton Mosley, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-1 16
Scope and Contents

Excerpts from "The Texas Rangers" by Walter Webb. Description of the Indian trails in the Llano Estacado and the discovery of watering stations.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Caviar to the General. James A. Burns, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-1 3
Scope and Contents

Humorous tale about early mining days in Northern New Mexico.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Child friend of Billy the Kid, Little Berta Balllard. Georgia Redfield, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 7
Scope and Contents

Remembrance of a child who knew Billy.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Dorren and others. Edith L. Crawford, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-5 17
Scope and Contents

Story about the death of James Dorren.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Early day train robbery. Betty Reich, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-5-60 28
Scope and Contents

Tale of a train robbery, the bandits, capture, jail escape and hanging. (June 25, 1936).

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Early days in Lincoln County. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 14
Scope and Contents

Description of the feeling of the Mexican population toward Billy the Kid.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Early days in the Southwest. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 67
Scope and Contents

A cowboy talks about pioneer life in the Southern part of New Mexico; Billy the Kid; Indian activities.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

First election in Portales New Mexico. G.N. White, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-5 10
Scope and Contents

Describes a barroom fight between a farmer and a rancher over the sheriff's election in 1907.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Fly trap. Kenneth Fordyce, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-5 15
Scope and Contents

Describes an old method of removing house flies.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

How Kit Carson outran a charging buffalo. Helen S. Speaker, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-5 1e
Scope and Contents

Hunting tales of Kit Carson, the Fremont expedition, and celebrated Indian Chiefs. Information from: "The Old Santa Fe Trail", by Henry Inman.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Indian raid on the McKinn family. Frances E. Totty, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-9 29
Scope and Contents

Describes the Indian raid and capture of Jimmy McKinn.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

Indian tricks. Early Life of Billy the Kid, collector., 1936-1940

 File
Identifier: 5-4-2 71
Scope and Contents

Tales of Apache activities in Luna County and tales of Billy the Kid as a small boy.

Dates: 1936-1940
Found in: Fray Angelico Chavez History Library / WPA New Mexico Collection,

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