Thompson, Jerry D.

Under the pinon tree : finding a place in Pie Town Jerry D. Thompson - Albuquerque, New Mexico University of New Mexico Press 2023 - 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mangas Valley -- Those Who Came Before -- "Tom Cat County" -- A Place Called Pie Town -- Thunder Mugs and Bean Farmers -- Death and Life -- Blessings of the New Deal -- Brave New World -- Across the Continental Divide -- Pie Town Elementary School -- Pissing in the Snow -- Over Cow Pastures and through the Trees -- Mule Mountain and the Three Spruces -- Cotton Candy and Mountain Oysters -- Smokey the Hermit and the Pie Town Mare

Raised in Catron County around Pie Town, Jerry D. Thompson is a well-known Southwestern and Civil War historian. Part regional history, part family history, and part childhood memories, this book traces the lives of Catron County residents and explores how the area has grown and changed since the Depression and World War II.

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021068349 Uk


Thompson, Jerry D.--Childhood and youth.


Pie Town (N.M.)--Biography.
New Mexico--Pie Town



F804.P54 / T46 2023

978.993092 Tho 48