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Spanish & Mexican Era in Grant County, NM

Before the Mexican-American War transferred Grant County to US territory in 1848, the region was a contested borderland under Spanish (to 1821) then Mexican rule, with Apache resistance shaping all of it.

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Santa Feplace

Santa Fe is the city where the State Corporation Commission of New Mexico signed and sealed the certificate of incorporation for the Lordsburg Oil Gas Developme…

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Santa Fe, New Mexicoplace

Santa Fe, New Mexico is the publication location of The New Mexican and the broader jurisdiction where legal matters were reported.

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Carlsbad, New Mexicoplace

Carlsbad, New Mexico is the location of attorneys Re Em An Cameron.

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Galisteo, New Mexicoplace

A location in New Mexico listed as the primary subject and title of a DPLA record.

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Galistio, New Mexicoplace

Galistio, New Mexico, is the residence of witness Cristobal Anaya.

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Guadalupe, New Mexicoplace

Preparations are underway to reopen old sulfur mines near Guadalupe, New Mexico.

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Mexican republicplace

Bronco avoided capture by staying within the limits of the Mexican republic.

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Mexican side of the Coloradoplace

The Mexican bank of the Colorado River.

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Namhe, New Mexicoplace

Namhe, New Mexico, is the residence of Paz Ttoybal.

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New Mexico Territoryplace

Territory Hogan prospected through since 1878.

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Nueva Grandes Chihuahua Mexicoplace

Nueva Grandes Chihuahua Mexico is the residence of Senora Ella Bell Goldner, who claims to be the daughter of Nathaniel Bell.

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Socorro, New Mexicoplace

Socorro, New Mexico is a location where multiple professionals including physicians, surgeons, dentists, and attorneys practice.

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Southwestern New Mexicoplace

Southwestern New Mexico is the general region where mining activity is reported.

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State of New Mexicoplace

The State of New Mexico is the state under whose laws the Board of County Commissioners must act.

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Territory of New Mexicoplace

Michael Steck was appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Territory of New Mexico.

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Tyrone (New Mexico)place

A ghost town in New Mexico, owned by Phelps Dodge, with a heyday around 1915.

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Janos Presidioplace

A presidio in Chihuahua that served as a diplomatic and military center for Spanish and Mexican relations with Apache bands.

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Tyrone, New Mexicoplace

Location of a big copper camp being built by Phelps-Dodge Company near the Burro Mountains.

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Albert New Mexicoplace

Residence of Albert K Mitchell.

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Albuquerque, New Mexicoplace

Albuquerque, New Mexico is the location from which a special report about the court ruling was sent to The New Mexican.

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Ciudad Juarez, Mexicoplace

Location where J. W. Cavitt was shot and killed.

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Clayton New Mexicoplace

Location of the U.S. Land Office.

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Colonies in Mexicoplace

Destination of Mormon families passing through town.

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Deming Near / Mimbres Valley, Luna County, New Mexicoplace

Location of the potsherd collection site near Deming in the Mimbres Valley.

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Elkins, New Mexicoplace

Location where the final proof hearing took place, and where witnesses reside.

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Glorieta, New Mexicoplace

Location of Charles Ilfell's business and a wagon shop.

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Guadalajara, Jallaco, Mexicoplace

Publication location of the Cancionero Occidental (text says Jallaco, likely Jalisco).

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Guaymas, Mexicoplace

Location where Charles Howard was killed during a balloon ascension.

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Hidalgo Countyplace

A geographical subject of the photograph.

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Hondale, New Mexicoplace

Location of Martin Kief's lumber business.

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Kingston, New Mexicoplace

A town in Sierra County, New Mexico, where several businesses and professionals were located in 1887.

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Laguna, New Mexicoplace

Place where Geo. A. Elsworth will work as telegraph operator.

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Las Vegas, Nuevo Mexicoplace

The location where the newspaper is published and where businesses are located.

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Mexican lineplace

A place near where Charles Baine almost got captured during Geronimo's raid.

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Mexicoplace

The country where Johnny Bell and Charley Small went and where the robbery occurred.

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Mexico lineplace

The southern boundary mentioned in the route description.

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New Mexico Territorial Penitentiaryplace

Prison where Ada Humes was serving her sentence.

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Nuevo Mexicoplace

State mentioned in the newspaper header.

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San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, New Mexicoplace

The address of O C Watson Co's office, likely on San Francisco Street.

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Santa Fe (New Mexico)place

The chunk is labeled as being from Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Silver Cityplace

Silver City is a town in southern New Mexico Territory founded in 1870 after a silver strike and incorporated the same year, becoming a settlement of significan…

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Spainplace

Spain is mentioned as a nation possibly aligning with the US policy toward Mexico.

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Tucumcari, New Mexicoplace

Tucumcari, New Mexico is the location of the Land Office and the residence of several individuals mentioned.

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Camp Cody (N.M.)place

A World War I military camp located in Deming, New Mexico, featuring tents and military buildings in an arid landscape.

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Cananea, Sonora, Mexicoplace

Cananea, located in Sonora, Mexico, is the site of operations for the Greene-Cananea company and related mining activities.

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Catron County, New Mexicoplace

A county in New Mexico referenced as a subject of the photograph.

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Central, New Mexicoplace

Town in New Mexico where Henry Woods served as Justice of the Peace.

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Cerrillos, New Mexicoplace

Cerrillos, New Mexico, is the residence of Antonlc Jose Mares and several witnesses.

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Chama Valley (New Mexico)place

A valley in New Mexico listed as a subject of ethnological and archaeological study.

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Chihuahua, Mexicoplace

Chihuahua, Mexico is the location of the general office and works of Compania Industrial Mexicana.

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City of Mexicoplace

A city referenced in the advertisement for the Mexican Central Railway.

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Columbus, New Mexicoplace

Columbus, New Mexico is the location of a raid by Pancho Villa in March 1916 and is the assumed location for most photographs in the Musgrave Collection.

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Doña Ana County New Mexicoplace

A location in southern New Mexico where citizens submitted a communication to Superintendent Steck regarding Indigenous peace efforts.

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Fort Selden (New Mexico)place

Fort Selden is a military base in New Mexico, listed as a subject of a government publication.

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Fort Selden, New Mexicoplace

Fort Selden is a military base in New Mexico mentioned in the context of cost, construction, and government publications.

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Grant County, New Mexicoplace

Location in southwestern New Mexico containing the Silver City mining district and other productive areas.

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Guadalupe Calvoplace

A mining hacienda in the southern part of Chihuahua state belonging to an English company.

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Guam, New Mexicoplace

A place in New Mexico formerly known as Coolage, once a bustling frontier town and division point for the Atlantic Pacific railroad.

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Hidalgo County, New Mexicoplace

A geographic location in southwestern New Mexico where the artifact was found or recorded.

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Hillsboro, New Mexicoplace

Hillsboro, New Mexico, is the location of The Sierra County Bank and where the financial report was filed as of January 3, 1910.

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