Doming (Deming): A Rapidly Growing Railroad and Cattle Town in Grant County, New Mexico
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Ten years earlier, Doming was only a few days old, consisting entirely of tents and wagon sheets with no houses [1]. Within three months, large stores carrying several thousand dollars in stock had appeared, and deputy sheriff Dan Tucker was appointed to deal with the area's "bad men" [3]. A fire then destroyed many wooden structures, but good, substantial brick buildings rose in their place [3]. A railroad connecting Doming to the coast was expected soon [4]. Cattle shipments were heavy: about 100,000 head the previous year and about 20,000 head already this season [5]. Notable residents included Sigmund Lindauer, called the "merchant prince" of Doming [2].
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- As I First Saw It Ten Years Ago (1891)As I First Saw It Ten Years Ago The conductor called out Doming, and as Doming was our destination, I and my two companions stepped off the cars as soon as they came to a standstill. There were no other pas…
- Sigmund Lindauer, the merchant prince of… (1891)Sigmund Lindauer, the merchant prince of Doming, came up to the metropolis on Tuesday’s train.
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-03-20 (1891)not mo- lested. I returned to Doming about three months afterwards. What a change I found, a deputy sheriff had been appointed, his name was Dan Tucker and he was certainly the right man, for if he wanted t…
- I found where three months before the… (1891)I found where three months before the only improvements was a small tent, large stores carrying a stock of several thousand dollars in value. A number of the “bad men” were either killed in quarrels among themsel…
- Bud Williams, cattle inspector of this dis-… (1891)Bud Williams, cattle inspector of this dis- trict, informs the Enterprise that already this season about 20,000 head of cattle have been shipped from Doming. Of this number about 1500 head were stock cattle ship…