A. G. Spaulding (National Baseball League ex-president, Mimbres rancher)
A Chicago-based figure [1], Spaulding headed a party that bought nearly 1,000 acres from Israel King and about 1,200 acres from the Hewlett brothers on the Mimbres [2][1]. The consideration was around $40,000 to $50,000 [2]. Plans included building a dam across the river and setting out four to five thousand acres in orchards and vineyards [2]. Smith of Las Cruces [2].
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- SPAULDING BUYS RANCHES (1891)SPAULDING BUYS RANCHES Hon. Israel King and the Hewlett brothers, of the Mimbres, closed a sale of their ranches last week to Chicago parties headed by A. G. Spaulding, ex-president of the National Baseball leag…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-05-29 (1891)ful black eye. A by- stander remarked : ‘Let her go Galloway.” Louis Abraham whilst monkeying with a screw driver yesterday, managed to drive it through his hand. The wound though painful is not dangerous, and…