James A. McKenna — Author and Prospector of Grant County
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McKenna, a prospector and author, arrived in Grant County as a youth in the 1880s and spent sixty years chronicling the frontier history of the Black Range, Mogollon Mountains, and Gila Country [1].
McKenna arrived in Grant County as a youth in the 1880s and spent his life prospecting, mining, and exploring the Black Range, Mogollon Mountains, and Gila Country [1]. His collection "Black Range Tales" records lost mines such as the Adams Diggings and Snively Diggings, Apache encounters, mining camp life, and the colorful characters of the frontier [1].
Sources
- Black Range Tales: Chronicling Sixty Years of Life and Adventure in the Southwest (1936) ↗ · detailsA classic collection of sixty years of southwestern storytelling by James A. McKenna, who arrived as a youth in the 1880s and spent his life prospecting, mining, and exploring the Black Range, Mogollon Mountains, and Gila Country of Grant C…