Women in Grant County in Grant County, NM
Women homesteaders, business owners, teachers, midwives, suffragists, and the often-uncited daughters and wives whose names appear in the margins of primary sources.
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The American delegation to the Spanish-American peace commission arrived in New York on December 24 aboard the St. Louis.
match score: 9
A teachers examination is scheduled to take place in Silver City on August 6th, 7th, and 8th.
match score: 9
The commissioners met as a Board of Commissioners in Hillsboro on November 9, 1903.
match score: 6
Party given Monday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Betts for Miss Newcomb.
match score: 6
The mother committed suicide by morphine overdose over two years ago.
match score: 6
A domestic murder-suicide in which Michael Karilin killed his wife and then himself following a violent quarrel.
match score: 6
A Wednesday evening fight between two demi-monde women resulting in a hand cut.
match score: 6
Meeting held on July 27 with Mrs Green, guests, and business session.
match score: 6
A killing on the railroad involving a man and a woman occurred in December near Marfa, leading to court cases.
match score: 5
A meeting at which the board ordered destruction of old cancelled warrants, bills, and coupons.
match score: 4
A petition for New Mexico's separate statehood was formally submitted to Congress via a letter from the New Mexico Statehood League.
match score: 4
The murder of Mary Newman Roberts by Grace Lusk occurred on the previous Thursday, around June 21, 1917.
match score: 3
Annual report by the Interstate Commerce Commission documenting railroad passenger deaths and injuries for the year 1907.
match score: 2
Rock broke loose, destroying roasting plant, buildings, piping, killing one woman and injuring a Mexican miner.
match score: 2
An attack by Apaches on a cabin where a man's wife and child were murdered and mutilated.
match score: 2
August 1869 attack in which Apaches killed Hurlburt's wife and child at their cabin near Silver City.
match score: 2
The election in which women may be nominated for school director positions, following Clancy's opinion.
match score: 2
The event in which Billy the Kid killed a blacksmith who insulted his mother at Chloride Flat, believed to be his first killing.
match score: 2
A bridge is to be built, with a commission to select the site.
match score: 2
The Socorro Chieftain launched a campaign to stop unmarried couples from living together as man and wife, threatening legal action.
match score: 2
An inquest summoned to investigate the cause of death of Juan Rodriguez's wife.
match score: 2
A violent altercation on a Wednesday night involving Mississippi Tom and several others.
match score: 2
Suicide of Miss Higgles and Mrs. Doyle.
match score: 2
The engagement of Frances Gillespie and Arthur L. McKnight was announced at a dance given by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kerr.
match score: 2
A Wednesday evening party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Betts in honor of Miss Newcomb.
match score: 2
A farewell party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Betts for Miss Frances R. Newcomb on Monday evening.
match score: 2
The first macadam road in El Paso county was built in 1906 under the commissioners court presided by Judge Sweeney.
match score: 2
Incident where Frank Heflin shot his wife and engaged in a gunfight with officers.
match score: 2
A tragedy in Severance, Kansas, where Samuel Freeman shot his wife, child, and himself.
match score: 2
A reception in the afternoon and a dance at night given as a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kerr's new home Windcrest.
match score: 2
Court cases involving railroad deaths of a man and a woman at Marfa.
match score: 2
The Republican National Platform favors the immediate admission of New Mexico and Arizona as separate states.
match score: 2
Thirteen armed and masked men robbed the widow Ramon Sanchez and raped her adopted daughter.
match score: 2
John Doyle and Mrs. C. Doyle had a separation on account of unpleasant domestic relations.
match score: 2
Congress passed a bill with provisions for the admission of a new state comprising New Mexico and Arizona, pending public approval.
match score: 2
The trial involved Mrs. Hiler and her husband, and Bill Hubbard took intense interest in it.
match score: 2
Resulted in conviction of Perez; woman was released.
match score: 2
Wedding of John McIiaobMn's daughter Hazel, which occurred last Wednesday.
match score: 2
A quiet, pretty wedding service held Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs I H Hadley.
match score: 2
The 13th annual Homecoming celebration at New Mexico Military Institute in 1939, with many visitors.
match score: 1
An election was proclaimed for July 1910 in Sierra County, Territory of New Mexico, to select two members for a constitutional convention.
match score: 1
The St. Louis Exposition is an event that W. H. Byort recently visited and wrote about.
match score: 1