Mr. Ferguson person
also known as: Don Benito Jueves, Ferguson
Summary: A freighter over the Santa Fe trail between 1842 and 1852, also known as Don Benito Jueves, who eloped with a girl from Durango and sold his mule train to James Magoffin in 1852.
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eloped_with
daughter of a Mexican general— 1842
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)A BIT OF MULE LORE
The New Mexican has unearthed a bit of
romantic history in connection with a Santa Fe
mule, as follows: Between the years 1842 and
1852 Mr. Ferguson, or Don Benito Jueves, as
the Mexicans call him, was a freighter over the
S…
married_to
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)
ce from the
house in rear of a corral, locked in each others
arms, and dead. In the right hand of each was
a revolver, while a bullet hole through the
heart of each, left no room for doubt as to the
cause of death. They had evidently s…
daughter of a Mexican general
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)A BIT OF MULE LORE
The New Mexican has unearthed a bit of
romantic history in connection with a Santa Fe
mule, as follows: Between the years 1842 and
1852 Mr. Ferguson, or Don Benito Jueves, as
the Mexicans call him, was a freighter over the
S…
occupation
freighter— 1842–1852
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)ce from the
house in rear of a corral, locked in each others
arms, and dead. In the right hand of each was
a revolver, while a bullet hole through the
heart of each, left no room for doubt as to the
cause of death. They had evidently s…
freighter
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)A BIT OF MULE LORE
The New Mexican has unearthed a bit of
romantic history in connection with a Santa Fe
mule, as follows: Between the years 1842 and
1852 Mr. Ferguson, or Don Benito Jueves, as
the Mexicans call him, was a freighter over the
S…
sold_to
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)
ce from the
house in rear of a corral, locked in each others
arms, and dead. In the right hand of each was
a revolver, while a bullet hole through the
heart of each, left no room for doubt as to the
cause of death. They had evidently s…
cited from A BIT OF MULE LORE (1891)
A BIT OF MULE LORE
The New Mexican has unearthed a bit of
romantic history in connection with a Santa Fe
mule, as follows: Between the years 1842 and
1852 Mr. Ferguson, or Don Benito Jueves, as
the Mexicans call him, was a freighter over the
S…
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A BIT OF MULE LORE
1891 · newspaper · public-domain
A BIT OF MULE LORE ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details