Hurlburt
White Mountain*
Deseo
Bogle
Bursum*
Carolita
Joneta
Pine Lodge*
Ramon
Doso
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Hurlburt
Roy Harman
Hulburt post office was established October 6, 1908 at what was then known as the Coyote Pump station, east of Carrizozo on the Southern pacific railroad. The office was named for F. Hurlburt, a Southern Pacific pumper, who became its first Postmaster. Martin G. Lyons succeeded Hurlburt and served until the office was abolished march 31, 1915.
White Mountain
Roy Harman
Florence E. Nabours Dec. 18, 1912
Minnie E. Hall Jan. 8, 1914
Fidel E. Sanchez Feb. 17, 1920
Discontinued Effective Oct. 31, 1922
mail to Three Rivers (Now in Otero County.)
Deseo
Mrs. Lewis Cummins
(Daughter of Walter Sellers)
Deseo, Spanish for desire, was named by Miss Sarah Aguayo, a stenographer at the Titsworth Company Store. Established in 1916 the Post Office was located in Paradise Valley about twelve miles north of Capitan. Miss Aguayo was a member of a prominent pioneer Spanish-American family. She is now Mrs. Sarah Fisher and is living in El Paso, Texas.
One of the homesteaders in the community of Paradise Valley, Walter Sellars, made application for Postmaster and with the help of Mrs. Clara Jacobs, then postmaster at Capitan, he was granted permission to establish an office to be known as Deseo. About fifty families of the valley received their mail at this office which occupied the corner of a small store Sellers operated in part of his residence.
The Deseo office survived for only four or five years and Mrs. R. H. Traylor (mother of Herbert Lee Traylor of Ruidoso) was acting Postmaster when the office was closed. Those who received their mail there had proved up on their homesteads or had abandoned the land and drifted away in search of work. Because of the valuable service the office rendered during World War I it served a useful life and is still well remembered by the folk in Paradise Valley.
Bogle
Roy Harman
Bogle was established near the site of the former Hurlburt office. Following the pattern of the earlier office it was named for James L. Bogle, a pumper for the railroad at the Coyote pump station. He became the first Postmaster when the office was opened November 15, 1919. B ogle was succeeded by Charles Lester Williams and he by Mrs. Mattie Stewart before the office was closed September 3, 1925.
Bursum*
Clara P. Short Jan. 12. 1922
(Rescinded.)
Carolita*
Belle Norton jan. 14, 1922
Discontinued Oct. 31, 1923. Mail to Capitan.
Joneta*
Andrew P. Alexander Dec. 8, 1922
John m. Wicks Oct. 19, 1925
Discontinued Nov. 30, 1926.
Mail to Vaughn.
Pine Lodge*
Edward M. Spencer Aug. 14, 1923
Discontinued Sept 5, 1924. Mail to Arabela
Ramon*
Edna Mae Kelso Nov. 13, 1925
Don J. Romero March 21, 1945
Discontinued Oct. 1, 1945
Discontinued Oct. 1, 1945. Mail to Yeso.
Doso*
Jesse W. Armstrong May 21, 1945. (Rescinded May 26, 1926.)
Transcribed by C. W. Barnum ©2005