Fort Cummings place
also known as: Fort Cummings, Cummings
Summary: The fort where R. V. Newsham served as post-trader.
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Claims (3)
departed_for
cited from The Mimbres river derives its name from… (1891)
um-
mings, had a store at the crossing, but having
no customers, he moved up to Silver City with
his goods, the remnant of a large stock. The
place was for a long time unoccupied on account
of its supposed insalubrity, and was finally
taken…
lived_at
Cook's Canyon road
cited from individual known as Captain Stout… (1891)City acquaintances, and among others an
( 61 )
individual known as Captain Stout. The captain
did not disturb the buck-board or its passengers,
but might have done so, as he was afterwards
identified in Arizona as a famous road agent,
and w…
owned
store at the crossing
cited from The Mimbres river derives its name from… (1891)um-
mings, had a store at the crossing, but having
no customers, he moved up to Silver City with
his goods, the remnant of a large stock. The
place was for a long time unoccupied on account
of its supposed insalubrity, and was finally
taken…
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Sources (2)
individual known as Captain Stout… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details
The Mimbres river derives its name from… ↗
1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details