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  up  by  old  man  Porter  and  others.

The  Mimbres  river  derives  its  name  from 
the  Spanish,  mimbres,  meaning  osiers  or  willows.

In  the  old  stage  coach  days,  those  within 
the  memory  of  persons  who  have  lived  in  Grant 
county  for  twenty  years,  the  almost  deserted 
Mowry  City  was  a favorite  resort  for  road 
agents,  whose  object  was  to  capture  the  silver 
bullion  which  was  shipped  by  Porter,  Bremen, 
Lezinsky,  Col.  Bennett,  Willison,  and  others.

Upon  one  occasion  Judge  Mullen,  now  of 
this  city,  was  a passenger  on  a buck-board  of 
the  N.  M.  and  T.  company,  and  as  the  team 
neared  the  crossing,  he  recognized  a number  of 
Silver  City  acquaintances,  and  among  others  an

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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  was  sent  to  the  Yuma  penitentiary.