Roy Bean person
Summary: A saloon operator in Pinos Altos during the early 1870s mining revival who later relocated to Texas.
Completeness: 56/100 Grade D
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cited from The Pinos Altos Story (1960)
A comprehensive local history of Pinos Altos, the oldest Anglo settlement in Grant County. Covers
the gold discovery of 1860 by Birch, Snively, and Hicks; the Battle of Pinos Altos (1861); the
careers of Roy Bean, Jack Swilling, and other early figures; the mines and mining booms…
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saloon at Pinos Altos during the second mining wave— early 1870s
Pinos Altos sits in the foothills of the Pinos Altos Range in northern Grant County, New Mexico. Gold was discovered in Bear Creek in 1860 by a party of prospectors led by Birch, Hicks, and Snively, drawing several thousand miners to the area within a year. The camp's population …
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The Pinos Altos Story ↗
Watson, Dorothy · 1960 · book · public_domain · details