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 Herring · 📝 Short · 165 words
Calvin Herring was a respected Grant County rancher who, in August 1891, attempted to kill the men he believed had dishonored his daughters and then took his own life after arranging their prosecution [chunk:5134][chu…
person Bronco William · 📝 Short · 187 words
Bronco William, also known as William Walters or Bronco Bill, is a Grant County fugitive who escaped from jail and was recaptured in Palomas, Mexico, by Cipiano Baca in early 1891. [chunk:3252][chunk:3255]
person Present Sheriff · 📝 Short · 406 words
person Roland Adams · 📝 Short · 150 words
person Old Man Pierson · 📝 Short · 369 words
person H. H. Betts · 📝 Short · 165 words
person E. T. Hubbard · 📝 Short · 323 words
Hubbard was a man working on the Gila in Southern New Mexico who claimed to have a medicine that cures any disease [chunk:3320][chunk:5495]."
person James H. Kirker · 📝 Short · 366 words
person Isaac Givens · 📝 Short · 339 words
person C. E. Price · 📝 Short · 198 words
Price, is alleged to have stolen Charles Castero's automobile from a Venice, California garage in October 1920. [chunk:3392][chunk:5595]
person Dan Tucker · 📖 Deep History · 447 words
When a traveler returned to Deming around early 1891, he found a settlement transformed—a deputy sheriff named Dan Tucker had been appointed, and he was credited with methodically confronting, arresting, or killing th…
person Dan Tucker · 📝 Short · 43 words
thing Silver Cell Mine · 🧭 Treasure Research · 353 words
The Silver Cell mine, situated on Whiskey Creek within two miles of Pinos Altos, was accidentally discovered by the Dimmick brothers in September 1890—a find that eventually produced over $4.3 million in dividends and…
thing Silver Cell Mine · 📖 Deep History · 539 words
The Silver Cell mine, situated on Whiskey Creek within two miles of Pinos Altos, was discovered in a moment of frustration by two weary prospectors and went on to pay over four million dollars in dividends, a sum that…
person Jim Williams · 📝 Short · 63 words
person Billy Birchfield · 📝 Short · 48 words
person Aval · 📝 Short · 48 words
person Austin D. Crile · 📝 Short · 68 words
person Arthur L. Allen Jr. · 📝 Short · 90 words
Allen Jr., known as "Pudgy," was a New Mexico Military Institute graduate killed in action during World War II in the South Pacific on March 18, 1944 [chunk:3957].
person Arthur Goodell · 📝 Short · 75 words
org Apache Indians · 📝 Short · 125 words
The Apache Indians are an Indigenous group associated with the Jicarilla Apache Fiesta in New Mexico and known for their complex adaptation to Spanish colonial policies in the borderlands through raiding, trading, and…
person Al Sieber · 📝 Short · 54 words
Al Sieber is the chief of scouts at Fort Apache who led Apache scouts against his former adversaries during the Apache wars and operated in southwestern New Mexico [chunk:5404].
thing Alhambra Mine · 📝 Short · 66 words
The Alhambra Mine is a silver mine near Alhambra camp (formerly Black Hawk) in Grant County, New Mexico, that operated for over two years with a 20‑stamp mill before a temporary shutdown [chunk:5337].