W. F. Aiken: Pinos Altos School Trustee and Silver City Newlywed
Aiken and his bride, Lillie Cook, arrived in Silver City from New Orleans on Saturday, and that evening the Silver City brass band serenaded them [1][2]. A local poet marked the occasion with a jingle referencing Aiken's "well Cooked" goose [2].
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- W… (1891)W. F. Aiken and bride, nee Lillie Cook, arrived Saturday last from New Orleans. In the evening they were tendered a serenade by the Silver City brass band. A local bard hands in the following jingle:
- Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-04-10 (1891)ohn Perry, on the Mimbres, last week. It was through his efforts that the Dry Cimarron country was first opened up. He was an old trapper and hunter, a big hearted pioneer who had thrown away fortunes and…