Stories
Permanent, primary-source-cited narratives. Each story is generated from existing claims with full citations, and rewrites itself when fresh sources land — every fact traces back to a chunk you can read.
person John A. Murray · 📝 Short · 123 words
person Charles Baine · 📝 Short · 188 words
Charles Hotel in El Paso in 1890 [chunk:3009][chunk:3034].
person Elizabeth Warren · 🕰️ Timeline · 201 words
person Elizabeth Warren · 📖 Deep History · 836 words
Elizabeth Warren arrived in Lordsburg in 1882, a young Brooklyn‑born woman who would spend the next six decades shaping Silver City’s civic, medical, and commercial life as a hospital founder, business innovator, and …
thing Bonney Mine · 📖 Deep History · 489 words
In December 1915, the Bonney Mine was heralded as the richest property in its local districts, producing ore with an average value of $20 per ton and occasional assays reaching $80 and $100 per ton [chunk:1342].
person Birt Carter · 📖 Deep History · 140 words
person Birt Carter · 📝 Short · 19 words
Birt Carter is a rancher from Mangas, New Mexico, who captured a female mountain lion in 1888 [chunk:1709].
person Colonel Harper · 📖 Deep History · 501 words
Colonel Harper, a railroad engineer for the Southern Pacific, survived two major train robberies in the late 1880s, his experiences recorded in the Silver City Enterprise and offering a rare first-person window into t…
event Apache raid on Hurlburt ranch · 📝 Short · 102 words
Hurlburt’s wife and only child during a surprise attack on their cabin [chunk:2685][chunk:2686].
person The Kid · 🧭 Treasure Research · 281 words
person The Kid · 🎭 Dramatic · 188 words
person The Kid · 📖 Deep History · 347 words
An Apache Indian known only as “the Kid” was among five warriors tried by court-martial for an outbreak that claimed the lives of two settlers—Big-Foot Mike Grace and a man named Diehl—and sentenced to imprisonment at…
person H. W. Lucas · 📝 Short · 73 words
Lucas presides over a busy court in Silver City, Grant County, handling misdemeanors and civil disputes in 1889 [chunk:1792].
person Henry Schmider · 📝 Short · 99 words
person H. E. Muse · 📝 Short · 74 words
Muse was a lawman in Silver City, New Mexico, known for making a notable horse‑thief arrest [chunk:2785][chunk:2694].
person Harry Wolburn · 📝 Short · 78 words
Harry Wolburn was a Cornish miner who lived and worked at the Centennial in Grant County, New Mexico, and made news in March 1889 for a violent altercation that led to a fine and a dramatic payment [chunk:1973][chunk:…
person George Cox · 📝 Short · 60 words
Carvil's residence, fired two shots at a Mexican man attempting to break into his window in January 1889. [chunk:1911][chunk:1913]
person Edward Fountain · 📝 Short · 89 words
Fountain of Las Cruces, was fatally shot by Lucy Small in Pinos Altos in July 1890 while employed at the Kleptomania mine [chunk:2664][chunk:2675].
person Deputy Sheriff Cantley · 📝 Short · 25 words
person Col. Albert J. Fountain · 📝 Short · 32 words
thing Bonney Mine · 📝 Short · 83 words
The Bonney Mine (also known as the Bonny Mine) is a mining claim in Grant County, New Mexico, described in 1915 as the richest in the local districts because of its consistently high ore values [chunk:1342].
person Al Shepard · 📝 Short · 38 words
person Walter Birchfield · 📝 Short · 83 words
Walter Birchfield was one of four well-known cowboys who killed Pat Himes at Separ, New Mexico, in December 1889, and was later arrested and fined for a shooting in Hachita [chunk:2297][chunk:2352].
person Thornton Williams · 📝 Short · 27 words