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Perfecto Rodriguez, Grant County Constable

person Perfecto Rodriguez · 📝 Short · 59 words

Perfecto Rodriguez is a former constable in Silver City, New Mexico, known for a 1890 arrest where a suspect bit his finger. [chunk:2535]

Otter Johnson

person Otter Johnson · 📝 Short · 123 words

Joe (Old Joe): Chinese Proprietor of L.K. Restaurant

person Joe · 📝 Short · 42 words

Joe, known as "Old Joe," is a Chinese restaurant proprietor in Silver City, New Mexico, and was described as the most popular Chinaman in town [chunk:1910].

Jack Keltley: Pony Express Rider

person Jack Keltley · 📝 Short · 23 words

Morris Cloney – Grant County Cowman

person Morris Cloney · 📝 Short · 101 words

Carl Ehrman: Pioneer Prospector Killed in Hatchet Mountains

person Carl Ehrman · 📝 Short · 84 words

Carl Ehrman, a pioneer citizen of Deming, New Mexico, was killed by Indians while prospecting in the Big Hatchet Mountains in August 1890. [chunk:2751][chunk:2729]

Canuto Armijo – Georgetown resident died in Silver City, 1888

person Canuto Armijo · 📝 Short · 34 words

Canuto Armijo is a resident of Georgetown, New Mexico, who died by suicide in Silver City in 1888 while attending court as a witness in a cattle-stealing case [chunk:1615][chunk:1617].

Peter Kavanaugh: Mountain Key night boss arrested for ore theft

person Peter Kavanaugh · 📝 Short · 137 words

Peter Kavanaugh, formerly night boss at the Mountain Key mine near Pinos Altos, New Mexico, was arrested in 1890 for stealing high-grade ore and selling it to the Silver City National Bank [chunk:2626].

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