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Things

Material artifacts, claims, structures, and named objects of Grant County, NM.

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earthquake

An earthquake caused destruction of property, including Charles Townsend's ranch.

east-bound dispatches

Mail carried by the express rider from San Francisco.

a.k.a. dispatches

Eaton's row

Row of buildings where women of the 'lost sisterhood' gathered and used obscene language.

Edmund's Act

The law under which Hugh M. Childress was arrested for the elopement.

a.k.a. Edmund's act

Edmunds-Tucker Act

Legislation whose signing led to Joseph F. Smith's presidential pardon.

a.k.a. Edmunds-Tucker act

eight trusses

Structural elements of the railroad bridge destroyed by fire near Clifton.

a.k.a. eight trusses

Eighty-eight New Mexico steers

Number of steers sold in Kansas City at $1.80 per hundredweight.

Elderly

Elderly is a subject tag for the photograph.

electro-magnetic telegraph

A wire strung on poles to send news, funded by Mr. Wallace's vote.

a.k.a. telegraph

Elephant Butte Project

A major dam construction project in New Mexico described as the most important event of the year.

a.k.a. Great Dam Work

Elevated bridges (Catwalk)

Bridges suspended in the narrow slot canyon as part of the catwalk.

eleven Americans

Victims of the Yuma Indians massacre.

Elk (Cervus canadensis)

Listed as a mammal bone found at Chaco Canyon.

a.k.a. Elk, Cervus canadensis

El Paso Herald

The El Paso Herald is the newspaper publishing the article, dated August 28, 1911.

a.k.a. EL PASO HERALD

Emerson

Brand of organ advertised as the only organ in the city, at 26 El Paso Street.

Empress nugget

Gold nugget worth $27,661.

a.k.a. Empress nugget, Empress nug- get

empty champagne bottles

Many empty bottles found in the room, suggesting heavy drinking.

empty wagon

An empty wagon attached to the runaway team.

enchilada dish

Enchiladas are sold for 25 cents a dish by Mrs. Adela Zeans.

enchiladas

Enchiladas are sold by Mrs. Adela Zeans at 25 cents a dish.

enclosed clipping

An enclosed clipping was sent with the letter to show the railroad proposition.

engine

Some of the boys came down on an engine.

enlisted

Type of service.

Enterprise

A newspaper that briefly reported on the killing by Pete Spence the previous week.

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