Raton A Community History Print Unknown - #7 - Raton, New Mexico - 20 p. Typewritten pages. 8.5" x 11" Unbound pages.

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File location is in the Raton File Cabinet

Article written by local people Historic Background - The Santa Fe Trail - Landmarks of the Trail - Townsite Fore-Runners - First Inhabitants - Founding and Early History - Leading Early Industries - The Cattle Industry - The Railroad - The Coal Industry - Raton's "Firsts" - Early Institutions ( Newspapers, Churches, Schools, City Governments) - Pioneer Social Life, Living Conditions and "Atmosphere" - Local Crimes and Tragidies - Labor Troubles - County Seat Removal - Spanish American War - The Boom Period

A compilation of the history of Raton from the inception of the Santa Fe Trail through (possibly) the 1930s.


Mrs. Letton
Wooton, Dick
McCready, A. E.
Stockton, Tom
Maxwell, Lucien B.
Thacker, Charles B.
Hunt, James K.
Robinson, A.A.
Sinnock, C.W. (Mrs)
Pace, George J.
Blackwell, C.N
Blackwell, C.N (Mrs.)
Hughes, Johnny
Otero, Miguel
Gable, Tom
Ripley, E.P.
Walsh, Larry J.
Henderson, Wm.
Newell, ?
Landstrum, ?
Berringer, George W.
McCord, Bell
(Miss) Babb
Thomas (Mr.)
Dunklee, George F.
Marcey, Russell
McCuistion, O.W.
Risdon, Dan
William Tindall
Leahy, Jerry
Dorsey, Stephen W.
Shuler, J.J.
Dotterer, D.H.
Menser, Gus
Lattimer, Gus
Eddleston, Hugh
Jackson
Dollman, ?
Bergen, W.A.
Moulton, Harvey
Barela, Juan
Arguello, David
Medlock, John
Murphy, John S.
Price, A.C.
Van Houten, J,
Blackwell, C.N.
Kohlhousen, C.B.
Salazar, Manuel M.
Hobbs, A.L.
Briggs, Frank
Whited, Lyman E.
Twyman, Logue


Willow Springs Ranch
Clifton House
Wooton Ranch
Maxwell Land Grant
New Mexico Townsite Company
New Mexico & Southern Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Vandervort House
Harvey Eating House
Blossburg Mines
Raton Coal & Coke Company
Shroeder Drug Store
Delno & Dwyer Ranch
The Raton Guard
The Raton Comet
The Raton Range
E.D. Sheppard and Company
The Fountain Company
Fairmont Cemetary
Bank Exchange Saloon
McAufliffe and Ferguson hall
Dollman's Saloon
Williams and Flick Butcher Shop
The Raton Bank
American Railway Union (A.R.U.)
Fort Marcey
The Harvey House
L.R.M & P. Company


History Raton, New Mexico
Local History
Life and Customs


Santa Fe Trail
Raton, New Mexico
Raton Pass
Gallinas
Canadian River
Otero
El Moro, Colorado
Trinidad, Colorado
Johnson Mesa
Willow Creek
Springer, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Elizabeth Town
Cimarron, New Mexico
Lake Dorothy



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