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The New Year
Apologies for the delay in any new entries. My dear husband passed away unexpectedly on January 5th. He was the one responsible for much of the research for this work. He was the one who encouraged me to write this work. He was my rock in this, and in life.…
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Coming Soon!
Coming soon are the last two sections on the Mail Contractors who operated at Shakespeare – Kerens & Mitchell, and The National Mail and Transportation Company. We will also look at how the arrival of the Southern Pacific RR led to the establishment of new settlements such as Lordsburg and…
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Chapter 12 – A New Route: 8076 – San Antonio to San Diego
Preface In 1857, even before the contract for the El Paso to Fort Yuma wagon road had been awarded to Leach, the Sacramento Daily Union reported that: It is the purpose of the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Interior to require the mail contractor and the contractor for the construction…
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The Mystery Of The Caved In Well – Solved?
Following some recent discussion with Mr. Gerald Ahnert and others on the Facebook page Butterfield (Overland Mail) National Historic Trail Friends (which I strongly encourage anyone with an interest in Butterfield to join) about the location of Leach’s Tank in present day Hidalgo County, New Mexico, and its associated well,…
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Chapters 9 & 10 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase
Map illustrating the disputed Boundary between the United States and Mexico (New York,1853). Maps 71495.(25) Americas and Oceania Collections, British Library [Copyright free] Blue line – Latitude 32ᵒ 22′ – Commissioners’ Boundary Line as claimed by Mexico. Red line – Latitude 31ᵒ 52′ – Boundary as claimed by the…
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Alas For Ralston! Part III – Wagon Roads, Mail Routes, and Stage Coaching
Preface We have already thoroughly refuted the claims that the site upon which Shakespeare stands had been the location of an overland stage station since before the Civil War – the claims that the site had been utilized by James E. Birch’s San Antonio – San Diego line,…
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Correspondence, Queries,Questions, and Answers.
A place for all of the above. From Dave Ochsenbine, current owner of Shakespeare Ghost Town. Monday, July 24, 2023. My reply. Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Chapter 6, Part Two – The Grant House and The Stratford Hotel
This installment continues the discussion of the buildings at Shakespeare. Here we talk about those known as the Grant House and the Stratford Hotel. The Grant House The first time that we come across the name “Grant House” is in the first of Emma Muir’s series of four articles written…
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Part II – Separating Fact From Fiction. Chapter 6 -Then And Now, Here And Around Shakespeare
This is a long chapter, so we will divide it up over two installments. The focus is the booklet written by Rita Hill called Then And Now Here And Around Shakespeare, in which Rita gives information on some of the old buildings at Shakespeare . This installment will discuss those…
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Coming Soon: Alas For Ralston! Part II
In Part I we looked at how the history of Shakespeare came in to being and how it unfolded and grew; its origins and sources, and the people involved – most notably John Evensen and Mrs. Emma Marble Muir. In Part II, which we have titled ” Separating Fact From…
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Coming Soon: Alas For Ralston! The History of Shakespeare Ghost Town.
The undiscovered and untold history of Shakespeare, New Mexico. Shakespeare was originally founded as Ralston City. The photograph above explains the basis for the title of this work. In the closing paragraphs of the series of articles on Silver City’s early history, a brief comparison was made between the development…
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Thank You!
Thanks to everyone who reads and has subscribed to this blog. I hope you are enjoying the content. The fourth and final part of the Lost History of Silver City should be up in a few days time. After that I will be away for a week. When I get…
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Pinos Altos: Lost History.
An account of the first discovery of gold – who was really involved and how the discovery was made. Burchville…or Pinos Altos?