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 C. H. Dane · 📝 Short · 43 words
person Henry B. Miller · 📝 Short · 253 words
person Charles Howard · 📝 Short · 104 words
person Geo. A. Elsworth · 📝 Short · 46 words
place Faywood Hot Springs · 📝 Short · 99 words
person William Hubbard · 📝 Short · 130 words
person Michael Steck · 📝 Short · 52 words
Michael Steck is the namesake of the Michael Steck Papers at the University of New Mexico’s Center for Southwest Research and served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of New Mexico [chunk:3983][chu…
person Calvin Herring · 📝 Short · 69 words
Calvin Herring was a Grant County rancher and Confederate veteran [chunk:5125][chunk:5135].
person Fountain · 📝 Short · 222 words
Fountain was a prominent soldier, lawyer, and public figure on the southwestern frontier, known for his military service and political career in Texas and New Mexico [chunk:4967].
person Captain Stout · 📝 Short · 83 words
person Victorio · 📝 Short · 12 words
person Indians · 📝 Short · 132 words
Indians sighted in Grant County in 1891 caused alarm among settlers and prospectors, leading to troop deployments and a notable engagement [chunk:4696][chunk:4698][chunk:4691].
place Santa Fe · 📝 Short · 73 words
person Peter Mungall · 📝 Short · 157 words
person Narrator · 📝 Short · 20 words
Thirty-three years ago, the narrator, a "tenderfoot," began relating the incidents of a journey [chunk:5014].
person F. X. Aubrey · 📝 Short · 125 words
Aubrey was a Santa Fe trader who, around 1851, rode over 800 miles from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Independence, Missouri, in five days and nineteen hours, a feat regarded as the greatest physical achievement on the pla…
person Felix Knox · 📝 Short · 237 words
Felix Knox was an all-round gambler killed by Apaches in the spring of 1882 while traveling from Silver City to Clifton, remembered for a last stand in which he killed seven attackers before being overwhelmed [chunk:4…
person Sylvester Mowry · 📝 Short · 102 words
person James Hiler · 📝 Short · 112 words
person Campbell Hardy · 📝 Short · 131 words
place New Mexico Territory · 📝 Short · 36 words
New Mexico Territory was documented in official reports from the 1880s, such as those included in "Illustrated New Mexico" [chunk:1442][chunk:4033].
org New Mexico Military Institute · 📝 Short · 87 words
The New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) in Roswell, New Mexico, was a military school founded around 1898 [chunk:3888].
person Barney Kerr · 📝 Short · 112 words
Barney Kerr is a Grant County man tried for the 1891 murder of his brother, Jimmie Kerr, at the Mangus [chunk:4596][chunk:4630].
person M. Cooney · 📖 Deep History · 528 words
Cooney, a resident of the Mogollon mining district, emerged as a vocal advocate for a permanent bridge across the Gila River, circulating a petition in Silver City that aimed to secure a crossing essential to Grant Co…