ABOUT
GRANT COUNTY, N.M.
AND
THIS DATABASE
BY
CARL W. SCHOLL
UPDATED OCTOBER 2007
GRANT COUNTY NEW MEXICO
DEATH AND CEMETERY RECORDS
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This
Death & Cemetery Records Database
is an ongoing project for about 26 years. I owe a debt of
gratitude many people (in the hundreds) for the help they have
provided.
However, the most credit should go Charles Barnum for
putting it all up on the internet where all who are interested will have access
to it and at no cost to them, I might add.
By
Carl W. Scholl
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About Grant County
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PAGE #1
Cover Page
PAGE #2
INDEX (of the following pages)
PAGE #3& 4
RECORD COLLECTIONS,
This Database is composed of the following.
71,000 plus deaths and 11,000 obits
PAGE #5
Data Source Codes PAGE #6 & 7
Character codes used to denote source of record
PAGE #8, 9 & 10 NOTES: (Information about
Items in the Database
PAGE #11, 12 & 13 List of Cemeteries included in this Database, (76)
cemeteries.
PAGE #14 & 15 Cemeteries of
Silver City, NM, (8)cemeteries.
PAGE #16 to 23 Towns of Grant
County, NM, (220) towns, (86) PO’s.
PAGE #24
Mortuaries of Silver City, (10) mortuaries.
PAGE #25 & 26 Hospitals in Grant
County, NM, (15) in Grant County.
PAGE #27
Newspapers of Grant County, (36) newspapers.
PAGE #28 to 30 Tombstone
Abbreviations
PAGE #31 to 37 A History Of the
Grant County Boundaries down through the years. Created in 1868 and changed 5
times since, (see maps). |
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This Database is composed of the
Following RECORD COLLECTIONS.
* Denotes that there is a MAP
of this Cemetery.
** Denotes that there are PICTURES and a
MAP of this Cemetery
For pictures see note # 19
Cemetery records (CR), (see the list of cemeteries)
These records were taken from each Cemetery headstone in most cases.
(*) Indicates that there is a map for that Cemetery
Catholic Church records
Holy Family Catholic Church (HFCC)
Located in Hanover – Records are in Bayard
Infant Jesus Catholic Church (IJCC)
Located in Hurley – Records are in Hurley
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church (LFCC)
Located in Bayard – Records are in Bayard
Santa Clara Catholic Church (SCCC)
Located in Santa Clara – Records are in Santa Clara
Santa Rita Catholic Church (SRCC), (Church does not exist
any longer)
Located in Santa Rita – Records are in Bayard
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church (ST-V), 1889 to 1990,6175 burials
Located in Silver City – Records are in Silver City
Execution records (EX), (about 9 records 1880 to 1922). Records
for Grant County
taken from
a list of “New Mexico Executions before Lethal Injections “ record.
Family records (FR) (about
312 records in database)
Some of these records were obtained from families and other collections.
Fort Bayard National Cemetery (FT), 1866 to 2004,3656 burials
These records were taken from the Cemetery records
Fort Bayard State Cemetery (FTS), 1965 to 2001,315 burials
These records were taken from Ft Bayard Hospital records.
Grant County Health Dept (GCHD), 1907 to 1923,2466 deaths
These records were taken from the Grant County Health Records.
Masonic Lodge records* (ML), 1804 to 2003,1548 burials
These records were taken from the Masonic Lodge # 8, AF & AM.
Mine records (MR)
These records were obtained from the various mine offices in Grant County.
Empire Zinc Cemetery *, 1928 to 1981,
309 burials
Santa Rita # 3 Cemetery*, 1845 to 1986,308 burials
Santa Rita # 4 Cemetery*, 1916 to 1958,87 burials
Santa Rita # 5 Cemetery*, 1845, 1912 and 1927 to 1986,671 burials
Savanna Cemetery, 1916 to 1948,
308 burials
Miscellaneous Records (MISC)
51 burials
These records are all from Memory Lane Cemetery. Mostly old Soldiers.
Mortuary Records (listed by mortuary)
Cox Mortuary (COX), 1901 to 1960,
5696 deaths
Bright Mortuary (BR), 25Apr.1997 to present,161 deaths
Baca Funeral Chapels (BAD), Located in Deming, NM.
Deming was in Grant County until 1901. 1898 to 1993,44 deaths
Baca’s Funeral Chapels (BA), 1987 to 2000 plus,485 deaths
Curtis Mortuary (CU), 1961 to 1969,
1762 deaths
Curtis – Bright Mortuary (CB), 1970 to 1997,22,175 deaths
Curtis – Bright – Wheeler Mortuary (CBW), 23 May 1980 to 25 Apr. 1991
Hinman Mortuary (HM), 1884 to 1938,
1448 deaths
Mahoney Mortuary (MA), Located in Deming, NM, 1887 to 1901, 101deaths
Deming was in Grant County until 1901.
Terrazas Funeral Chapels (TFC), MAY 2005 to present (new mortuary)
Wheeler Mortuary (WH), 1980 to 1990,
38 deahts
New Mexico State death records (SDR), 1907 to 1938,7011 deaths
These records are on file at the Silver City Museum.
Obituaries (OB), (1872 to 1882) and (1946 to 2003),12,107 obits
These records are on file at the Silver City library.
Used by compiler (UBC) 359 records
These records are from various cemeteries in Grant County and there is no record
of where they came from. They are in the database so they don’t get lost.
Voter purge records (VPR), 1976 to 1996,4535 records
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DATA SOURCES
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1. New Mexico death records
(see note # 11) |
6. Miscellaneous Records
(see note # 13) |
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2. Voter Purge Records
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7. Obituaries
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3. Mortuary Records
(see note # 10) |
8. Previously compiled records
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4. Grant County Health Department Records
(
see note # 17) |
9. Cemetery Headstones
(see note # 12) |
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5. Mine Records
(see note # 9) |
10. Church Records
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NOTE:
This database includes all known Mortuary Records from all
Mortuaries in Grant County, (Hinman, Curtis-Bright, Wheeler and Baca funeral
homes) that existed, up until about 1988 plus some others up until 2000. The
records may not include records form Luna & Hidalgo Counties while they were in
Grant County.
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Character codes used for
the
Record Source
in the NOTE field.
NEW FORMAT
Used after Jun 2007
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BA
=
Baca’s Funeral Chapels |
LFCC =
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church Located in Bayard
Records in Bayard, NM |
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BAD = Baca Funeral Chapels (see
note # 16)
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MA
=
Mahoney Mortuary (Located in Deming, NM.) |
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BR
=
Bright Mortuary |
MISC
= Misc. records (see note
# 5) |
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CB
=
Curtis – Bright Mortuary |
ML
=
Masonic Lodge records |
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COX
= Cox
Mortuary |
MR
= Mine
records (see notes # 7 and # 9) |
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CR
=
Cemetery records (see note #7 & #13) |
OB
=
Obituary (see note # 6 & #24) |
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CU
=
Curtis Mortuary |
SDR
= New Mexico
State death records (see note # 3) |
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FUMC =
First United Methodist Church |
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EX =
Executions in Grant County before Lethal Injections |
SCCC
= Santa Clara Catholic Church Located in Santa Clara |
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EP =
Enterprise condensed books at public library. 5 Volumes |
SCE =
Enterprise articles (see note #23) |
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FPC =
First Presbyterian Church, SC |
SFNC
= St. Francis Newman Center Catholic Church, Silver City |
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FR
= Family records (see note # 12) |
SRCC
= Santa Rita Catholic Church (Records at Bayard),(see note #21) |
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FT
= Fort Bayard National Cemetery |
ST-V
= St. Vincent
Catholic Church |
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FTS
= Fort
Bayard State Cemetery |
ST-V/OS =
Burials outside of SVDP (see note#25) |
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GCHD
=Grant County Health Dept. (see notes # 11 and 17) |
TFC
= Terrazas
Funeral Chapels (new mortuary as of May 2005) |
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HFCC
=Holy Family Catholic
Church Hanover (Records at Bayard) |
UBC
= Used by compiler
(see note # 12) |
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HM
=Hinman Mortuary |
VPR
= Voter purge
records (see note # 11) |
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IJCC
= Infant Jesus
Catholic Church (Located in Hurley, NM.) |
WH
=
Wheeler Mortuary |
Codes used in the rest of the "NOTE" field.
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b. = Born date |
d. = Died date |
lv. = Residence at time of death |
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f. = Father |
m. = Mother |
w. = wife of spouse |
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SC. = Silver City |
h. = Husband |
NM. = New Mexico |
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nk = Next of Kin |
() = Inscription on
headstone (in some cases) |
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NOTES
These notes are used to clarify information in the ABOUT GRANT
COUNTY
section.
NOTE # 1
. An
entry of a "?" following an entry of data is sometimes based on conflicting
information in other records.
NOTE # 2
. A "?"
in the Cemname field assumes that the person is buried in that cemetery and not
just buried locally. This is done for the purposes of computing.
NOTE # 3.
In the New Mexico State death
records, the City field in most cases denotes place of death.
New Mexico State Death records include at least the years of 1907 to 1938.
Maybe more
NOTE # 4.
The town of Vanadium was
once called San Jose del Oro or San Jose and later changed to
Vanadium.
NOTE # 5.
See the
Book of Rev. Cliff Henderson's Titled "Directory of Silver City Memory
Lane Cemetery" and "Grant County Obituaries". This code may also include
information
from other records or works.
NOTE # 6.
The
Newspapers that the Obituaries were extracted from. are at the library were;
(See note #24)
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1. ML = Mining Life (1873 – 1875) |
4. DP = Daily Press (1938 – present) |
7. ENR = Lordsburg Liberal (1919 – present) |
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2. GCH = Grant County Herald (1879 – 1881) |
5. SN = Sun News (1999 – present) |
8. SWS = Southwest Sentinel (1883 – 1885) |
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3. NSW= The New Southwest (part of SWS ?) |
6. ENT = Enterprise (1904 - ?) |
9. DSW =The Daily Southwest (1880 - ?) |
NOTE # 7.
The
Hanover Cemetery is made-up of the following cemeteries:
NOTE: (MR) is the code for Mine Record, also (MR-Z) is for Empire
Zinc.
1.
Empire Zinc Company Cemetery
2.
Santa Rita # 5 Cemetery
3.
Hanover Cemetery,
(At this time there is no record of there ever having been a
“Hanover”
Cemetery ) .
There could be more towns included, like Wimsattville or Turnerville etc.
NOTE # 8
. The
Silver City Cemetery was located with Santa Rita St. on the East and West St. on
the West side, with 10th St. on the South side and 12th St. on the North side.
On 13 Mar. 1882 the Town of Silver City commissioned the Cemetery to be moved
out to what is now the Memory Lane Cemetery.
NOTE # 9.
Mine
records tend to be accurate on the birth dates, but tend to sometimes show the
BURIED DATED
instead of the Died Dates.
NOTE # 10.
Mortuary records
start about 1884 to 1988 and are fairly complete;
These records are indicated by the several letter codes at the beginning of the
NOTE field.
NOTE # 11.
The City field in most
cases denotes place of death in the following sources.
Voter purge records start 1976 through 1996
Grant County Health Records start 1907 through 1923.
NOTE # 12.
Some of these
records were obtained from families, churches or other collections.
NOTE # 13 The (CR) the
beginning of the “NOTE” field indicates this record is a Cemetery Head Stone
reading.
This code may also include information from families of the buried person.
NOTE # 14
(Also known as the Mexican Cemetery)
no longer used after 20 Apr. 1877.
NOTE # 15
Before the
creation of Memory Lane Cemetery, part of the land that was to make up Memory
Lane Cemetery housed three older cemeteries (about 1 acre each). Each dated
before 1904 until 1945 when they were deeded over to the Town of Silver City to
become part of the City Cemetery.
The oldest appeared to be I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows). First
record shows died date of 1881.
Most of the graves are in section “B” of Memory Lane Cemetery.
The second oldest was A.O.U.W. (Ancient Order of United Workmen). First record
shows died date of 1901.
Most of the graves are in section “C” of Memory Lane Cemetery.
The third cemetery was the Knights of Pythias Cemetery. First record shows died
date of 1902.
Most of the graves are in section “A” of Memory Lane Cemetery.
NOTE # 16
The source code “BAD” is used to denote the records that come from the Baca
Funeral Chapels in Deming, NM.
NOTE # 17
The source code “GCHD” is used to denote the Death Register of the
Grant County Health Department from 28 May 1907 to 31 Dec 1923.
The “CITY” fields show only where the person died.
The ”CEMNAME” in some cases shows the town or location
where the deceased person was sent to. In the remainder of the instances
“CAMNAME” reflects the same town as the “CITY” field shows.
NOTE # 18
The Leopold Cemetery was located just south of the old Tyrone Mine.
When Tyrone became an open pit mine the Cemetery was moved to a mass grave in
the Savanna Cemetery in about 1968 or 1969. The excavation was contracted by
Harry Bright. It was said that 36 holes were dug and only 18 remains were found
and moved. Due to an epidemic in the early times, as many as five children may
have been buried in the same grave. This could bring the total buried to 60 or
more.
NOTE #19
In the “LIST OF CEMETERIES INCLUDED IN THIS DATABASE”
You will find:
* Denotes that there is a MAP of this Cemetery.
** Denotes that there are PICTURES and a MAP of this Cemetery
For pictures email
[email protected]
NOTE:
THERE IS A CHARGE FOR PICTURES!
NOTE #20
The Blackhawk Cemetery is just down from the Blackhawk Mine. There are no
visible graves. The
location was given by Jim Fleming. The only distinguishing thing is a corral at
that location. There is no map.
NOTE #21
SRCC is the source
code for the Santa Rita Catholic Church Death Records. These records cover the
years from 1925 to 1967, however they are not complete. The records from 1937 to
1944 were lost and these records reflect an effort to gather the records from
other sources .
NOTE #22
Fort Bayard was commissioned 21 Aug. 1866. The troops were all transferred to
other posts in 1899. In 1899 the Post was transferred from the Department of the
Army to the Surgeon General.
In 1922 the Post was transferred from the Surgeon General to the Veterans
Hospital.
In 1965 it was transferred to the State of New Mexico.
NOTE #23 SCE
(Enterprise articles verbatim from the Silver City Enterprise newspaper) from
the “This is Silver City” series of Five Volumes by William H. Mullane written
1965 to 1971.
Vol. I 1882-1883-1884, Vol. II 1885-1886-1887, Vol. III 1888-1889-1890,
Vol. IV 1891, Vol. V 1892-1892. Some death records may reflect the
printing date, however dates reflect as close to the death date as possible.
NOTE #24
These records may reflect the records for the time after Luna and Hidalgo
Counties were formed.
NOTE #25
ST-V/OS code depicts records of the St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church for
burials outside of the St.
Vincent De Paul Catholic Church. (mostly for the Catholic Cemetery in Silver
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LIST OF
CEMETERIES
INCLUDED IN THIS DATABASE
Updated October 2007
(NEW CEMETERIES ARE ADDED TO THIS LIST
FREQUENTLY)
* Denotes that there is a MAP of
this Cemetery.
** Denotes that there PICTURES and a
MAP of this Cemetery
For
pictures see note # 19
CEMETERY
LOCATION
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Apodoca Cemetery
*.............................................Whitewater
(GPS, N32.57287, W108.13290)
Bear Canyon Dam Cemetery ** (NO
MAP)...........Bear Canyon Dam Road (off of
State Rd.
35)
GPS (N32.88646, W107.99252)
Biebelle
Cemetery..................................................
Mimbres River (off of State Rd. 61)
Billings (Gila River) Cemetery** (NO
MAP)..........Lower Gila (GPS, N32.81299,
W108.59897)
Billings (White Signal)
Cemetery............................White
Signal area off state Hwy 90
Blackman
Cemetery...............................................So.
Hwy 90 S. off of Whitewater Road
GPS, N32.50522, W108.30370, ELEV. 5616ft.
Blackhawk Cemetery
(see note #
20)...................(At Blackhawk mine)
Location off US-180
(GPS, N32.73445, W108.50478)
Brock Cemetery ** (NO
MAP).............................Thompson
Canyon, (GPS N32.56873, W108.54913)
Central
Cemetery*..................................................Located
in Santa Clara, NM.
Clark Cemetery
*...................................................Gila
River (GPS, N32.88286, W108.59940)
Cliff – Gila Catholic
Cemetery.................................Gila
River (GPS, N32.94931, W108.58338)
Delk Cemetery
**...................................................East
of Santa Rita
Dwyer Cemetery, also known as San
Jose..............Mimbres River (behind
Catholic Church)
GPS (N32.62305, W107.87950)
Dinwiddie Cemetery
*.............................................Cliff
(on State Rd. 180), (GPS, N32.98502,
W108.65000)
Eby
Cemetery.........................................................Mimbres
River, GPS (N32.6398O, W107.87021, ELEV
5268ft.)
Empire Zinc Cemetery* (see note #
7)...................Hanover (turn off of
State Rd. 152 at Turnerville exit)
GPS (N32.80698, W108.08952, ELEV. 6270 ft.)
Fierro
Cemetery*....................................................State
Hi-Way # 356, GPS, N32.84363, W108.07644,
ELEV. 6655’
Ford Cemetery
**...................................................Moon
Ranch, (GPS, N32.15916, W108.79343)
Fort Bayard National Cemetery
*............................Ft. Bayard,
Started in 1866 by the U.S. Army
Fort Bayard State Cemetery
*.................................Ft.
Bayard, Operated by New Mexico Health Dept.
Foster
Cemetery.....................................................Lower
Mimbres River on Luna Co. Rd. # A009
GPS (N32.58662, W107.90623, ELEV 5082ft.)
Fuller
Cemetery......................................................Lower
Gila River, NM, near Redrock, NM.
Garcia / Rodriguez
Cemetery..................................NM
State Road # 153, (North of Gila store)
GPS N32.98896, W108.55353,
Georgetown
Cemetery...........................................Georgetown
Road
Glaze
Cemetery......................................................S.
of White Signal, NM., (GPS,
N32.35695,W108.35695)
Glenn
Cemetery......................................................S.
of Grant County Airport, (GPS, N32.62269,
W108.16863)
Gold Hill Cemetery
*..............................................Gold
Hill (Off of State Rd. # 90)
Gordon Cemetery
**..............................................NE
of Buckhorn, NM., (GPS, N33.04783,
W108.70355)
Grijalva
Cemetery..................................................Mimbres
River (off of State Rd. 61)
GPS (N32.84559, W107.97156)
Hanover Cemetery * (see note #
7).....................Hanover (turn off of
State Rd. 152 at Turnerville exit)
Hicks Cemetery
**..............................................Mimbres
River (State Road # 35 , mile post # 9.5)
GPS (N32.91032, W108.00537)
Hightower
Cemetery............................................Mimbres
Valley, Hightower Canyon, GPS, N32.9213,
W108.0712
Hurley Cemetery *
(old).....................................Hurley
(south end of 1st. street)
Hurley Cemetery
(new)...................................Hurley
(southwest of town ¾ mile)
Jackson Cemetery
*............................................North
of Buckhorn, NM., (GPS, N.33.10713,
W.108.78864)
Kingston
Cemetery..............................................West
of the town of Kingston, NM.
Laws Cemetery
**..............................................1/8
Mi.So.Hwy.90 Juniper Tree on LEFT
(GPS, N.32.55190, W.108.36328, ALT. 3937
ft.)
Latham Cemetery
**............................................NW
of Buckhorn, NM., (GPS, N33.07691,
W108.69464)
Leopold
Cemetery...............................................Just
south of Tyrone Mine. (see note # 18)
Magurder Cemetery
**.........................................Mimbres
River (behind the Masonic Lodge)
GPS, N32.85118, W107.97824, ELEV. 6134 ft.
Maldonado
Cemetery...........................................NM
State Road # 153, County address # 348
GPS N33.00493, W108.54655, (North of Gila
store)
McCauley
Cemetery............................................(GPS,
N.32.57820, W.108.36804, ALT. 6154 ft.),
Left fork of road
McDonald
Cemetery.............................................SE
1/3 of NW ½ Sec 6 TW 21 R 14W
Mesa
Cemetery*...................................................Gila
(on State Rd. 211), (South of Gila store)
GPS N32.94930, W108.58735
Miller Cemetery ** (NO
MAP).............................Mimbres
River, GPS (N32.60244, W107.88123)
Montoya Cemetery
**...........................................Mimbres
River, GPS, N32.85574, W107.97973, ELEV.
6131ft.
Morrell
Cemetery...................................................NE
¼ of NW ½ Sec1 Twnshp 21 Rng 15W
Mulecreek Cemetery
*..........................................Mulecreek
(at Mulecreek on State Rd. 78, behind Post
Office)
Osmer Cemetery
*................................................Burro
Mountains (N.32.61135,W.108.46102)
Parker Cemetery
*................................................On
the Hotchkiss Place, SC. GPS (N.32.79120,
W.108.28364)
Pena Cemetery
**.................................................Mimbres
River, GPS (N32.65696, W107.84999)
Perrault
Cemetery.................................................Mimbres
River (across from the south Mimbres fire
station)
GPS (N32.74942, W107.89342)
Pine Cienega Cemetery
*....................................South
of Mulecreek (south off of State Rd. 78)
GPS N.33.011, W.108.975
Pinos
Altos Cemetery..........................................Pinos
Altos (State Rd. # 15)
Power
Cemetery...................................................NM
State road #153, about mile marker # 0.5.
GPS N32.97217, W108.57470, (North of
Gila store)
Provencio
Cemetery.............................................Bear
Creek @ Gila, NM, (GPS, 32.94880,
W108.56541)
Red Rock Cemetery
*...........................................Red
Rock, NM.
San Jose Catholic
Cemetery..................................San
Jose, GPS (N32.62088, W107.87689, ELEV
5259ft.)
San Juan-Sherman
Cemetery.................................San
Juan (Mimbres River) (turn off State Rd. 61
at old bar)
GPS (N32.76469, W107.90975)
San Lorenzo
Cemetery...........................................975)
San Lorenzo (Mimbres River), (top of hill,
east side of Town)
GPS (N32.80955, W 107.91726)
Santa Rita # 3 Cemetery
*......................................Santa
Rita (intersection of State Rd. 152 &
Georgetown Rd.)
Santa Rita # 4 Cemetery
*......................................Santa
Rita (Georgetown Rd. about 1 mile on
left.)
Santa Rita # 5 Cemetery ** (see note #
7)............Hanover (off of State Rd.
152 at Turnerville exit)
GPS (N32.80606, W108.08919, ELEV. 6268Ft.)
Savanna Cemetery
*..............................................Tyrone
(Cemetery on P. D. mine (requires escort)
Sawyer
Cemetery...................................................Hwy
# 90 by Tyrone mine, (GPS N32.63224,
W108.34349)
Shakespeare
Cemetery..........................................South
of Lordsburg, NM.
Silver City Cemeteries
A.O.U.W Cemetery
*.............................Memory Lane
Cemetery (see note # 15)
Catholic Cemetery
*................................Far south
end of Cooper St.
Knights of Pythias Cemetery
*.................Memory Lane Cemetery (see
note # 15)
I.O.O.F. Cemetery
*...............................Memory Lane
Cemetery (see note # 15)
City Valley
Cemetery...............................Located
southwest corner of Spring St. and Corbin St
(see note #14).
City Flats
Cemetery...................................(In
use until 1882 - see Note # 8)
Masonic Cemetery
*................................ (far south
end of Cooper St.)
Memory Lane Cemetery
*........................(off State Rd. 180
on Memory Lane )
Smith Cemetery
** (NO MAP).................Royal John Mine
Road
GPS (N32.74942, W107.89342)
Snider Cemetery
**...............................................Hi-way
180, S. side of Big Dry, (GPS, N33.20495,
W108.83383)
Stout Cemetery
*...................................................North
of Cliff, NM. About 2mi., (N.32.96886,
W.108.62748)
Thwaits
Cemetery.................................................White
Singal, NM, GPS, N32.53922,W108.40719,
ELEV.6187ft.
Toney Cemetery
**...............................................Gila
River (GPS, N.32.86811, W.108.59532)
Trujillo Cemetery
*................................................Mimbres
River, HI-WAY 61, GPS N32.58818, W107.92376
Vanadium Cemetery - San Jose Del
Oro..........North of Bayard (see note #4)
Watson
Cemetery.................................................GPS,
N32.52714,W108.37904, ELEV.5950ft. @White
Singal, NM
Whitworth
Cemetery..............................................Ashes
at GPS N32.90156, W108.19710, Little Cherry
Creek
NOTE:
* Denotes that there is a MAP of this
Cemetery.
** Denotes that there PICTURES and a
MAP of this Cemetery
For pictures
see note # 19
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Cemeteries
of
Silver City
Down through the years there have been EIGHT
cemeteries in Silver City, NM, three of which still
exist and are in use today.
The Old City Cemeteries
The two oldest cemeteries are no longer in use and
they were:
The Valley City Cemetery: it was located
about the corner of Spring St. and Bennett St.. It was
referred to by several names back then, the Mexican
Cemetery, the Catholic Cemetery, the Pauper Cemetery and
also the Chinese Cemetery. The other one was called
The Flats City Cemetery: It was bordered by Santa
Rita St. on the east side, West St. on the west side, 10th
St on the south side., and 12th St. on
the north side. The first known burial was John M.
Bullard on 23 Feb. 1871.
In Feb. 1876 the legislature passed a law stating
that there would be no more burials within town limits.
It wasn’t until around 8 March 1883 when County
Commissioners decided to do something about it. They
sent a letter to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church and
the town of Silver City. The Chinese were also notified
at this time.
The Chinese were evidently so unhappy that they
formed a working party and dug up all of the bones of
their people and sent them back to China.
From 7 Jan.1882 until 13 Mar. 1882, John A. Miller
contracted with the city to move all of the graves to
“The New City Cemetery” at what in now known as Memory
Lane Cemetery.
The New City Cemeteries
Now known as Memory Lane on Memory Lane and the
Catholic Cemetery on Cooper St.
The Catholic Cemetery is located on the far South
end of Cooper St. (on the west side) and was started
when the order was given to abandon the Cemetery on the
corner of Spring and Bennett St (about 1883). This
Cemetery is still in use today. I have found no record
of anyone being moved from the Valley Cemetery to the
new Catholic Cemetery.
The New City Cemetery is located off of Hi-way 180
on Memory Lane on the east side of Silver City.
Evidently around 1881 – 1882 there was an
agreement between P. H. Harsh and Mr. Pollock of Cox
Mortuary to move the remains from the old City Cemetery
to the new City Cemetery (now Memory Lane).
In Nov. 1904 there were three separate parcels of
land deeded to three organizations.
However on 12 Dec. 1881 James K. Farrell was
buried in the IOOF section, which would seem like at
least some of these organizations were having burials as
of 1881 or before.
1. Ancient Order of United Woodmen
2. Knights of Pythias
3. Order of the Odd Fellows
In Mar. 1945 Mrs. Fiske Harsh made a gift of 13 acres
to the Town of Silver City.
About the same time Hubert O. Robertson on behalf of
the American Legion Post # 18 obtained deeds for the
three organization cemeteries. All four deeds are
recorded in book # 103 of the Grant County Deed Records.
Evidently at this time is when the official name became
The Silver City Cemetery.
On 9
Feb. 1960 the Town and Garden Club was formed. And
through their efforts the cemetery was renamed “Memory
Lane Cemetery”.
In
1981 the plans for a Rose Garden were finalized. On 8
Oct 1981 Mildred R. Pinkerton’s ashes were the first to
be scattered in the Rose Garden.
The Masonic Cemetery is located on the far end of
Cooper St. on the East side. The oldest known burial is
recorded in 1875. There have been indications that
there were burials well before this. This Cemetery is
still in use.
Compiled by
Carl W Scholl on March 24, 2006
TOWNS
OF GRANT COUNTY, NM.
(Towns,
Camps, railroad stops and Post Offices)
Compiled October 2007
By
Carl W. Scholl
NOTE:
*Luna County was Grant County before 1901
**Hidalgo County was Grant County before 1919
|
Name
|
Post Office
|
Disposition
|
Notes
|
| Akela*, (settlement)
|
PO 1921-1940, 1941-1943
|
1880 to 1901 Grant Co.
|
Location 22 mi. E. of Deming
|
| Alamo Hueco ** (Forks)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
West side of Alamo Hueco Mountains
|
| Alhambra (PO)
|
Jun 16, 1890 - Mar 31, 1902
|
Mail sent to Silver City
|
Changed to Blackhawk 1890, GPS
N32.72545, W108.50326
|
| Allison (PO)
|
Aug 25, 1893 - Apr 30, 1894
|
Mail sent to Faywood
|
10 mi. NE. Faywood Hot Spg.
|
| Alum Camp
|
PO 1890 - 1894
|
Mail sent to Pinos Altos
|
3mi. S. of Gila Hot Springs on the
Gila River
|
| Alumina (PO)
|
Apr 3, 1890 - Apr 30,
1894
|
Mail sent to Pinos Altos
|
25 mi. N. of Silver City
|
| Animas ** (RR stop)
|
PO 1909 - present
|
About 1902
|
Junction NM 9 & NM 338
|
| Ansonio (PO)
|
Apr 27, 1890 - Jun 1, 1892
|
Mail sent to Hanover
|
North of Teel on Mimbres
|
| Antelope ** (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1902
|
Location 7 mi. E. of Animas
|
| Antelope Wells **
|
No Post Office
|
Settled in 1847
|
Location NM 81, just N. of Mexico
|
| Apache Hills **
|
No Post Office
|
Mining 1880’s
|
Location 6 mi. SE of Hachita
|
| Apache Tejo (water wells)
|
No Post Office
|
|
GPS, N32.64626, W108.12805
4 miles south of Hurley
|
| Arenas Valley (PO)
|
Jan 1, 1947 - Apr 20, 1987
|
Neighborhood Delivery
|
7 miles E. of Silver City
|
| Ash Creek Camp
|
No Post Office
|
West of Gila River
|
5.5 mi. W. SE of Dale McCauley’s
ranch
|
| Azure (PO)
|
Jan 7, 1895 - Apr 27, 1895
|
Mail sent to Silver City
|
10 m. sw S. C. in Burro Mtns.
GPS, N32.6520, W108.3858
|
| Bacaville (settlement)
|
|
1940’s – 1950’s
|
GPS, N32.72308, W108.13318 North of
Hurley
|
| Baker (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Bamaer (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Barney ** (Stage stop)
|
No Post Office
|
1800’s, Butterfield trail
|
5 mi. NE of Lordsburg
|
|
|
May 17, 1902 - to present
|
|
US 180
|
| Beck **
|
No Post Office
|
1800’s
|
Maybe not far from Steins Pass
|
| Birchville, Camp
|
No Post Office
|
About 1860
|
Later changed to Pinos Altos, NM
|
| Black Hawk (PO)
|
Jul 30, 1884 - Apr 6, 1887
|
Mail sent to Fleming
|
Burro Mtns near Saddlerock,
GPS, N32.72545, W108.50326
|
| Black Mountain Camp
|
(PO) UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Bonanza City
|
No Post Office
|
|
Later became Fleming, NM
|
| Bramlett ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1911 to 1912
|
|
Located in the Animas Valley
|
| Bryan (PO)
|
Sep 26, 1912 - Aug 31, 1913
|
Mail sent to Cliff
|
7 mi. south of Cliff
|
| Brockman ** A&NM RR
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
North of Hachita
|
| Buckhorn (PO)
|
Aug 29, 1913 - to present
|
|
Orig. name was Nogales
|
| Butterfield
|
No Post Office
|
UNKNOWN
|
No information
|
| Cambray * RR, (settlement)
|
(PO) 1893-1952
|
|
Location 5 mi. E. SE of Akela
|
| Cameron
|
|
|
|
| Camp Ruby
|
Mining camp
|
On current US 90
|
GPS, N32.80125, W107.96319
|
| Carbonate City, Camp
|
No Post Office
|
Around 1882
|
Burro Mountains
|
| Carlisle (PO)
|
Aug 12, 1884 - Nov 16, 1896
|
|
Name changed to Steeplerock
|
| Carne *, (settlement)
|
(PO) 1909-1916
|
Mail sent to Deming
|
Location 14 mi. E. of Deming
|
| Carpenter
|
No Post Office
|
About 1882
|
Located on W. side of Mimbres
mountains
|
| Carrizilillo
|
Minning
|
|
|
| Central (PO)
|
Jan 8, 1887 - to present
|
|
Name chg 1996 to Santa Clara
|
| Central City (PO)
|
Mar 20, 1870 - Jan 11, 1871
|
Previously Fullerton
|
Name chg back to Fort Bayard
|
| Chance City * (settlement)
|
(PO) 1885-1886
|
Also Victorio
|
Location 3 mi. S. of Gage
|
| China Town (settlement)
|
GPS reading taken in front of 3-Aces
Bar
|
|
GPS, N32.72969, W108.13283 North of
Hurley
|
| Chloride Flat (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
Early 1870’s
|
1 mile west of Silver City, GPS,
N32.78519, W108.30440
|
| Cloverdale ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1912 to 1943
|
Founded 1880’s
|
Located on NM 338
|
| Cliff (PO)
|
Aug 4, 1894 - to present
|
|
30 mi. W. of Silver City
|
| Cobre Siding (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
Used in the 1950’s
|
GPS, N32.77937, W108.10929
Close to Vanadium or San Jose
|
| Cody, Camp * (Military)
|
(PO) 1917-1919
|
North of Deming, NM
|
(GPS, N32.42276, W107.76464)
|
| Cody, Camp * (Hospital)
|
(PO) 1916-1917
|
Just W. of Military Camp
|
Located 2 mi. W. of Deming
|
| Cody, Camp * (Sanatorium)
|
(PO) 1935-1936
|
Later Holy Cross Sanat.
|
Located 2 mi. W. of Deming
|
| Columbus * RR, (settlement)
|
PO 1891-1893, 1896-Present
|
Settled
|
Location 32 mi. S. of Deming, NM 11
|
| Contintal, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1900
|
Location 5 mi. E. of Hachita
|
| Conrad ** (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Location 9 mi. W. of Lordsburg
|
| Cookes, Cooks * (settlement)
|
(PO) 889-1914, 1915-1916
|
Settled about 1876
|
Located 20 mi. N. of Deming
|
| Copper Rose
|
|
|
East of Santa Rita
|
| Cotton City **, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Founded unknown
|
Location 13mi S. of I-10 on NM 338
|
| Cow Camp
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Location 2 mi. W. of Antelope Ridge
|
| Cow Springs
|
Note: Butterfield stage stop
|
|
GPS, N32.24.42, W108.10.40
|
| Crawford, (RR Stop)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Later changed to Spaulding
|
| Cummings * (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Previously Porter Station
|
14 mi. NE of Deming, Later Florida
|
| Cybar * (RR settlement)
|
(PO) 1900-1904
|
|
Half way between Nutt & Deming
|
| Deming *
|
(PO) 1881- Present
|
Settled 1881
|
Located on I-10
|
| Dinsmore Station
|
|
1859 ? Later Cow Springs
|
|
| Dwyer (PO)
|
Feb 5, 1895 - Jun 30, 1917
|
Mail sent to Swartz
|
NM State road # 61
|
| East Camp (PO)
|
Oct 11, 1940 - Mar 31, 1942
|
Mail sent to Duncan, AZ
|
Near Carlisle & Steeplerock
|
| East Garrison **
|
No Post Office
|
Maybe 1800’s
|
Maybe located close to Steins Pass
|
| Ernest (RR settlement)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
Just south of Santa Rita
|
| Faywood, (Hotel),1890’s
|
(PO) moved to Dwyer in 1950
|
|
NM State road # 61, 3mi from US 180
|
| Faywood (PO)
|
Jan 28, 1901 - to present
|
|
PO Moved to Dwyer in 1950
|
| Faywood Station (RR)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
South of Whitewater Station
|
| Fierro (PO)
|
Nov 16, 1899 - May 30, 1969
|
Mail sent to Hanover
|
3mi NE of Hanover, State Rd. # 356
|
| Fleming, Camp (PO)
|
Jun 20, 1883 - Aug 30, 1887
|
Mail sent to Silver City
|
10 mi. West NW of Silver City.
|
| Florida *, (settlement)
|
(PO) 1928-1940
|
Previously Cummings
|
Location 14 mi. NE of Deming
|
| Fort Bayard (PO)
|
Oct 4, 1867 - Mar 2, 1870
|
|
N. of Central City
|
| Fort Bayard (PO) (see note # 22)
|
Jan 11, 1871 - Aug 27, 1965
|
Mail sent to Silver City
|
Changed to Rural Branch 1966
|
| Fort Cummings *
|
(PO) 1866-1891
|
Mail to Hadley
|
Located near mouth of Cookes Canyon
|
| Fort Floyd
|
No Post Office
|
About 1860
|
Changed to Fort Mclane
|
| Fort Mclane
|
Was Ft. Floyd ?
|
About 1861
5mi S. of Hurley, NM
|
GPS, N32.62952, W108.13178
Reading taken 200yd. W. of FT.
|
| Fort Webster (old)
|
|
|
Santa Rita (Cantonment Dawson)
|
| Fort Webster
|
No Post Office
|
About 1852
|
On State road 152 near San Lorenzo,
NM
|
| Fort West
|
No Post Office
|
About 1863
|
E. side of Gila River, S. of Gila, NM
|
| Fullerton * (settlement)
|
(PO) 1882-1883
|
Later Chance City
|
Located 3 mi. S. of Gage
|
| Furlong, Camp * (Military)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1914
|
Just E. of Columbus
|
| Gage * (RR, settlement)
|
(PO) 1882 to 1965
|
Converted to rural branch
|
I-10, 20mi. W. of Deming
|
| Garcia ** (Border Crossing)
|
No Post Office
|
Crossing to Mexico
|
Location 3 mi. W. Cienega Springs
|
| Gary (PO), (RR stop)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
Location 5 mi. W. of Lordsburg
|
| Georgetown (PO)
|
May 21, 1875 - Dec 1, 1903
|
Mail sent to Mimbres
|
3mi. W. of Mimbres, NM
|
| Gila (PO)
|
Apr 5, 1875 - to present
|
|
State road # 211, at Gila, NM
|
| Gila Hot Springs (PO)
|
Jun 1, 1969 - 1971
|
Converted to rural branch
|
NM, Rd. # 15
|
| Gila Hotsprings (PO)
|
Jul 9, 1966 - Jun 1, 1969
|
|
Changed to Gila Hot Springs, NM Rd 15
|
| Gillespie ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Maybe late 1800’s
|
Location NE slope of Animas Mountains
|
| Goldgulch (PO)
|
Oct 28, 1902 - never in operation
|
|
OFF HI-WAY 90,
(GPS, N32.55164, W108.50371)
|
| Gold Hill (PO)
|
Jun 26, 1886 - Jun 15, 1906
|
|
In Burro Mts. near Malone
|
| Gold Lake
|
E. of White Signal, NM
|
|
GPS, N32.54943, W108.31348
|
| Grahoria (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Grant ** (Shakespear)
|
No Post Office, Before 1870
|
1870 chg. to Ralston
|
Location (Shakespear)
|
| Grant Count, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Unknown dates
|
Mangus Creek & Gila River
|
| Hachita (PO)
|
1900 - to present – from Old ?
|
Moved when RR came ?
|
Junction of NM 9 & NM 81
|
| Hachita, Old **
|
Mar 27 1900 – New Hachita
|
Founded about 1875
|
Location 9 mi. W. of Hachita
|
| Hadley * (settlement)
|
(PO) 1890-1895
|
Mail sent to Cookes
|
Location NE side of Cooks Peak
|
| Hall's Station (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
In 1890’s
|
Called Bayard Station aft 1902
GPS, N32.76292, W108.13034
|
| Hammondsville (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1884
|
Location somewhere on Gila River
|
| Hanover (PO)
|
Mar 14, 1892 - to present
|
|
4mi. NE of Central, NM
|
| Hansburg (PO)
|
Nov 12, 1892 - Jun 2, 1894
|
Mail sent to Allison
|
3mi. NE of Dwyer, NM
|
| Hardscrabble (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
Located in Bear Creek in the Burros
|
Also known as the (German Mine)
|
| Hawkins
|
Maybe RR Siding
|
Stock yards
|
2.5 miles S. of Silver City, NM
|
| Hawkins (RR), (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
Early 1900’s
|
Just west of Separ
|
| Henley, Camp ** Military
|
No Post Office
|
Late 1880’s
|
Lordsburg area
|
| Hermanas * RR, settlement)
|
(PO) 1903 to 1025
|
Founded 1879
|
Location 18 mi. W. of Columbus
|
| Hickey City
|
No Post Office
|
About 1882
|
Location unknown
|
| Hilltop RR stop)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
Now Hurley, NM
|
| Honda * (EP&SW RR stop)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
South of Deming
|
| Hondale (settlement)
|
|
|
South of Deming
|
| Howlett’s Station
|
No Post Office (on Mimbres)
|
About 1880-1890
|
Old road between Deming & Hurley
|
| Hudson Hotel (PO)
|
May 19, 1881 - Jan 28, 1901
|
Hotel burned 1890’s
|
Rebuilt & name changed to Faywood
|
| Hudson Hot Springs (PO)
|
Jan 28, 1879 - Feb 1, 1881
|
NM 61, 3mi from US 180
|
Later chg. to Faywood Hot Springs
|
| Hurley (PO)
|
Nov 15, 1910 - to present
|
Was Hilltop
|
Located on Hwy US 180
|
| Ivanhoe (PO)
|
Apr 19, 1894 - Jun 2, 1897
|
Mail sent to Hanover
|
Located near Bayard, NM
|
| Jackson (PO)
|
Jul 22, 1912 - May 16, 1916
|
Mail sent to Buckhorn
|
Near Mule Creek Rd. Hwy 180
|
| Jose * (settlement)
|
(PO) 1902-1905
|
Mail sent to Cookes
|
Just SW of Cooks
|
| Kimball ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1800’s
|
Maybe located around Steins Pass
|
| Kingston (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Located NM 152
|
Was Grant Co. before 1880,
|
| Ladim (NM-SP RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1900
|
Located 5 mi. E. of Separ
|
| Lake ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1913 to 1915
|
Mail sent to Hachita
|
Location SE part of County
|
| La Lacha (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Leitendorf ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Developed 1852
|
Located close to Pyramid
|
| Leopold (PO)
|
Nov 14, 1904 - Mar 15, 1914
|
Mail sent to Tyrone
|
A few miles south of Tyrone
GPS, N32.6337, W108.3849
|
| Lisbon ** (PO), (RR stop)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
Location about 13 mi S of Lordsburg
|
| Littlesville (settlement) Also
Little Town
|
|
1950’s
|
GPS, N32.73443, W108.13001
North of Hurley
|
| Lone Mountain (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
1870’s, 2mi.NW of Hurley
|
Official PO name was Newton in 1883
on
|
| Lordsburg ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1881 to present
|
Born 18 Oct 1880
|
Location on I-10
|
| Malone (PO)
|
Oct 30, 1884 - Aug 18, 1888
|
Mail sent to Gold Hill
|
14 mi. NE of Lordsburg
|
| Mangus (PO)
|
Jul 24, 1896 - Jan 10, 1898
|
Mail sent to Cliff
|
15 mi. NW of Silver City
|
| Meerschaum, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Located on the Sapillo River, NM # 15
|
| Mexican Springs **
|
No PO, (Now Shakespear)
|
Early 1800’s
|
1870 changed to Grant
|
| Midway * (settlement) (Luna County)
|
(PO) 1909-1918
|
Vanished with RR tracks
|
Half way between Deming & Hermanas
|
| Midway (Grant County)
|
|
Burro Mountains
|
GPS, N32.6482, W108.3837
|
| Miesse * (RR settlement)
|
(PO) 1914-1918
|
Later Silton
|
Located 6 mi. E. of Deming
|
| Mimbres (PO)
|
Jun 10, 1886 - to present
|
|
Lcation 6 mi NW of San Lorenzo
|
| Mimbres, Camp
|
No Post Office
|
About 1867
|
East side of river at Dwyer
|
| Mimbres Hot Springs (PO)
|
Jun 24, 1878 - Jan 28, 1879
|
|
6 mi. SE of San Lorenzo
|
| Mimbres RR (Settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1902
|
Location 6 mi. W. of Columbus
|
| Mimbres, Upper (PO)
|
Nov 12, 1877 - Oct 25, 1882
|
Mail sent to Santa Rita
|
North of San Lorenzo, NM
|
| Mimmsville, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
1930’s
|
GPS, N32.71949, W108.13383
North of Hurley
|
| Minero (PO) (RR stop)
|
UNKNOWN
|
About 1902
|
Between Hachita & Vista
|
| Mirage *, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1900
|
Located 8 mi. NE of Deming
|
| Monarch, Camp (PO)
|
Jun 11, 1907 - May 15, 1908
|
Mail sent to Lake Valley
|
17 mi. SW of Hillsboro, E. of San
Lorenzo
|
| Mondel (PO), (RR stop)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
Location 16 mi. W. of Lordsburg
|
| Mongola * (NM-SP RR)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
East of Gage Station
|
| Mountain Home
|
Burned 13 May 1885
|
Stage stop
|
GPS, N32.62132, W108.43529
|
| Mountainview * (PO)
|
(PO) 1911-1914
|
|
Location 13 mi. S. of Deming
|
| Mowry City * (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1857
|
Location 25 mi. N. of Deming
|
| Muir ** (SP RR flag stop)
|
No Post Office
|
1800’s
|
Location I-10 and NM 113
|
| Mule Creek (PO)
|
Jun 6, 1916 - to present
|
Camp started about 1877
|
46 mi. NW of Silver City
|
| Myndus *, (RR settlement)
|
(PO) 1912-1921
|
Mail sent to Silton
|
Location 18 mi. E. of Deming
|
| Newton (PO)
|
Feb 26, 1883 - Oct 23, 1883
|
Mail sent to Silver City
|
Also known as Lone Mountain
|
| Nogales (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1913
|
Later became Buckhorn
|
| Nutt *, (settlement)
|
(PO) 1881-1884, 1899-1939
|
1881 to 1901 was Grant Co
|
Location 18 mi. SW of Hatch,
|
| Oak Grove, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Early 1880’s
|
Burro Mountains, 1882 population 300
|
| Odon (PO)
|
Oct 12, 1912 - Aug 15, 1917
|
Mail sent to Sherman
|
3 mi. south of San Lorenzo
|
| Old Town
|
No Post Office
|
Was Mowry
|
Location 25 mi. N. of Deming
|
| Oil Siding (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Parks (PO) Also Park City
|
Apr 27, 1882 - Jul 9, 1883
|
Mail sent to Lordsburg
|
8 miles NE of Lordsburg
|
| Parma * (NM-SP RR)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
Just West of Deming
|
| Peruhill *, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1900
|
Location 3 mi. N. of Deming
|
| Paschal (PO)
|
Jan 23, 1882 - Nov 13, 1883
|
Mail sent to Silver City
|
GPS 32.287, W108.39931, Elev. 5995
ft.
|
| Penrose, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
The 1880’s
|
1/5 mi. from Fleming,
|
| Pine Forest (PO)
|
Sep 20, 1860 - Jan 31, 1861
|
|
Probably Pinos Altos
|
| Pines, The (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
Location about 3 mi. NW of Tyrone
|
| Pinos Altos (PO)
|
Oct 4, 1867 - Jun 19, 1964
|
Converted to rural branch
|
Location 7 mi N of Silver City
|
| Playas ** (RR stop) (settlement),
(Old)
|
(PO) 1912 to 1917
|
New Playas was S. of new
|
Location 4 mi. S. of NM 9
|
| Pocahontas ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1919
|
Location in the Steins Pass area
|
| Porters Station * (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
1800’s, Later Cummings
|
Location 14 mi. NE of Deming
|
| Pothook (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1902
|
Between Vista & Playas
|
| Pratt ** (RR settlement)
|
(PO) 1905-1913
|
Mail sent to Animas
|
Location NM 9, W. of Animas
|
| Providencia * (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Location 12 mi. E. of Deming
|
| Pyra ** (SP RR)
|
|
Early 1900’s
|
Just West of Lordsburg
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| Pyramid ** (settlement)
|
PO 1882–1884, 1891-1997
|
Mail to Lordsburg
|
Location 9 mi. S. of Lordsburg
|
| Quincy * (RR Station)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Exit # 55 on I-10, W. of Deming
|
| Ralston ** (Laid out)
|
No Post Office
|
Was Grant
|
1879 changed to Shakespeare
|
| Ranchos de Hidalgo **
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No Post Office
|
Unknown dates
|
Location 9 mi. E. of Animas
|
| Rattlesnake City, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Burro Mountains
|
| Redrock (PO)
|
Feb 14, 1896 - Jan 12, 1968
|
Converted to rural branch
|
28 miles west of Silver City, NM #
462
|
| Redstone, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
15 mi. N. of Pinos Altos, NM
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| Richmond ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Created about 1870
|
Later changed to Virden
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| Ricolite (PO)
|
Jun 7, 1890 - Aug 8, 1891
|
Mail sent to Lordsburg
|
Near Virden
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| Riverside, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1900
|
2 mi. S. of Cliff, NM
|
| Road Forks ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1925-1955
|
|
Location I-10 W. of Lordsburg
|
| Robert ** (RR settlement) A&NM
RR
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No Post Office
|
|
Location 20 mi. S SE of Lordsburg
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| Rodeo ** (RR stop) (settlement)
|
(PO) 1903 – Present
|
RR developed 1902
|
Location 33 mi. S. of I-10, on US 80
|
| Rough & Ready
|
|
|
GPS, N32.22.19, W107.02.45
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| Royal John (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Founded maybe 1800’s
|
End of Royal John Mine rd. from
Mimbres
|
| Ruia (PO)
|
Feb 5, 1917 - Jan 31, 1919
|
Mail sent to Gage
|
9 mi. W. of Gage on SPRRoad
|
| San Antonio, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1915
|
Western part of County
|
| San Jose, (Vanadium)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1912
|
Later changed to Vanadium
|
| San Jose, (Mimbres River)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Location 4 mi. S. of Dwyer, NM
|
| San Juan, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
3 mi. S. of San Lorenzo, NM
|
| San Lorenzo (PO)
|
Jan 26, 1886 - May 3, 1888
|
Discontinued
|
Location on NM 152
|
| San Lorenzo (PO)
|
Feb 26, 1908 - Nov 22, 1963
|
Converted to rural branch
|
Just N. of NM # 152 on Mimbres River
|
| Santa Clara (PO)
|
Jan 8, 1887 - to present
|
|
Formerly Central & Central City
(1996)
|
| Santa Rita (PO)
|
Dec 8, 1881 - Mar 9, 1973
|
Mail sent to Hanover
|
Location on NM 152
|
| Savoya (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Between Hermanas & Victorio
|
| Sellers * (RR settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Also Sellers Station
|
Location about 10 mi. E. of Nutt
|
| Separ (NM-SP RR), (PO)
|
Jun 10, 1882 - Sep 30, 1960
|
Converted to rural branch
|
20 mi. east of Lordsburg
|
| Settlement (PO)
|
UNKNOWN
|
|
No information
|
| Shakespeare ** (settlement)
|
PO 1897-1985
|
|
Location 2 mi. S. of Lordsburg
|
| Sherman (PO)
|
Jun 11, 1894 - Dec 29, 1967
|
Mail sent to San Lorenzo
|
Location about 5 mi. S. of San
Lorenzo
|
| Silton * (RR settlement)
|
(PO) 1918-1924
|
Previously Miesse
|
Location 6 mi. E. of Deming
|
| Silver City (PO)
|
Aug 11, 1871 - to present
|
|
Located on US 180
|
| Silver Dale
|
|
|
|
| Slate Creek Camp
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Location 1 mi. E. of Clark Peak
|
| Soldiers Fairwell
|
|
|
GPS, N32.21.25, W108.22.08
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| Spaulding *, (RR Stop)
|
No Post Office
|
Dates unknown
|
Location 16 mi. N. of Deming
|
|
Steeplerock (PO)
|
Nov 16, 1896 - Dec 30, 1922
|
Mail sent to Duncan, AZ
|
Formerly Carlisle
|
| Steins ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1905-1944
|
|
21 mi. SW of Lordsburg
GPS, N32.20.15, W109.01.47
|
| Steins Pass ** (RR), (settlement)
|
(PO) 1888-1905
|
|
Location I-10. 21 mi. SW of Lordsburg
|
| Sulphuret City (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
County Rd. # 136
|
Location (GPS N32.616664, W108.39771)
|
| Summit Siding ** (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Location 17 mi. NW of Lordsburg
|
| Sunshine * (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Location 9 mi. S. of Deming, NM 11
|
| Swarts (PO)
|
Sep 27, 1887 - May 31, 1919
|
Mail sent to Sherman
|
5 mi. NE of Dwyer, NM
|
| Sylvanite ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1908-1913
|
|
Location 20 SE of Animas
|
| Teel (PO)
|
Oct 3, 1901 - Jan 30, 1926
|
Mail sent to San Lorenzo
|
Just N. of San Lorenzo, NM
|
| Telegraph, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1884
|
About 27 mi. W. of Silver City, NM
|
| The Pines (settlement)
|
No PO. (A TB
Sanatorium)
|
2 mi. W. of Tyrone
|
Located on County Rd. 4-22
|
| The Stage Stand (stage stop)
|
No Post Office
|
On US 180 until 1905
|
Location (GPS, N32.80027, W108.48540)
|
| Taylor (settlement)
|
|
|
South of Deming
|
| Tomerlin * (RR settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
EP&SW RR
|
Location 24 mi. SW of Deming
|
| Tunis * (RR settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Location 6 mi. W. of Deming
|
| Turnerville (PO) Started about 1929
|
Aug 1, 1945 - Aug 16, 1975
|
Mail sent to Hanover
|
GPS, N32.80260, W108.08572
1mi. E. of Hanover, NM,
|
| Tyrone (PO)
|
Oct 15, 1906 - to present
|
Town started about 1900
|
Located NM 90, S. of Silver City, NM
|
| Ulmoris ** (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
WW-II POW Camp
|
Location 5 mi. E. of Lordsburg
|
| Valedon ** (settlement)
|
(PO) 1917-1932
|
Founded about 1885
|
Location 3 mi. SW of Lordsburg
|
| Vanadium (PO)
|
May 13, 1912 - Feb 28, 1989
|
Rural Mail boxes
|
GPS, N32.77916, W108.11554 NM # 356
|
| Veitch ** (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Location about 8 mi. NW of Lordsburg
|
| Victorio **, (settlement)
|
Later Fullerton
|
Chance City, last
|
3mi. S. of Gage
|
| Victorio *, (settlement) ?
|
No Post Office
|
Before 1900
|
Location 33 mi. W. of Columbus
|
| Villinesville (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
|
GPS, N32.77216, W108.12803
North of Hurley
|
| Virden ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Formerly Richmond
|
Location 30 mi. NW of Lordsburg
|
| Vista (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1902
|
Located 8 MI. W. of Hachita
|
| Volcano ** (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
Started about 1887
|
Located 6 mi. N. of Stiens
|
| Walnut wells ** ………..(settlement)
|
(PO) 1913-1919
|
Established about 1858
|
East side of Alamo Hueco Mountains
|
| Waterloo * (settlement)
|
(PO) 1911-1922
|
Mail to Deming
|
Location 10 mi. NW of Columbus
|
| White Signal (PO)
|
Oct 29, 1909 - Jun 15, 1933
|
Mail sent to Tyrone
|
Hi-Way 90, (GPS N32.55617,
W108.36616
|
| Whitewater (RR stop)(PO)
|
Oct 14, 1883 - Jun 30, 1955
|
Mail sent to Hurley
|
8 mi. S. of Hurley, NM
|
| Wilna (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
Before1917
|
Later Called Ruia, 9 mi. W. of Gage
|
| Whiskey Creek, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1870
|
Later called Arenas Valley, old Hwy
180
|
| Whitney ** (RR stop)
|
No Post Office
|
|
Located 2 mi. W. of Lordsburg
|
| Wimsettville, (settlement)
|
No Post Office
|
About 1921 to 1937
|
GPS, N32.80523, W108.08473
W. of Turnerville .5mi.
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GRANT COUNTY
MORTUARIES
(See note #24)
|
BACA’S FUNERAL CHAPELS
(25 NOV 1987 TO PRESENT)
BRIGHT MORTUARY
(25 APR 1997 TO PRESENT)
COX MORTUARY
( 2 SEP 1901 TO 12 DEC 1960)
CURTIS MORTUARY
(12 DEC 1960 TO 1 DEC 1970)
CURTIS – BRIGHT MORTUARY
(1 DEC 1970 TO 25 APR 1997)
CURTIS – BRIGHT – WHEELER
(ABOUT 25 APR 1991 FOR A SHORT TIME)
HINMAN MORTUARY, (1884 TO 15 AUG 1936)
THESE DATES ARE BASED ON KNOWN BURIAL
RECORDS
MAHONEY MORTUARY, Located in Deming, NM,
1887 to 1901, 101deaths
Deming was in Grant County until
1901.
TERRAZAS FUNERAL CHAPELS
(15 MAY 2005 to PRESENT)
WHEELER FUNERAL HOME
(23 MAY 1980 TO ABOUT 21 MAR. 1991) |
GRANT COUNTY
HOSPITALS
(See note #24)
|
Silver
City-Grant County Charity or Ladies Hospital
1st. 1885-1889 Was a small
wooden house near 12th. St. & Hudson St.
2nd 1889-1918 was
at Hudson St. & Yankee St.
3rd 1918-1938 was
at Kelly St. & Cooper St.
4th 1938-1985 was
known off & on as Hillcrest & Swift
Memorial.
5th 1985 to
present and the name was changed to Gila
Regional Medical Center (GRMC)
now located on 32nd St.
in Silver City.
Sisters
of Mercy Hospital
1st. Somewhere near the
Courthouse, (opened by the Sisters of
Mercy).
2nd. Was at Kelly St. & "C" St.
Name was changed to St.
Joseph Hospital in ?
Name was changed to St.
Joseph Sanatorium in 1902.
It was operated by the
“Sisters of Mercy”, and then “Sisters of St.
Joseph” until about 1915.
New
Mexico Cottage Sanatorium
Operated 1905 to approx. 1930.
(Located on Cottage San )
Sunside
Sanatorium
Later became the Natonial
Methodist Sanatorium in 1915.
(Located closer to town on
Cottage San Rd.). Opened by Edward Woodhull.
West
Sanatorium
Opened in 1910 and was located
on Little Walnut Rd.
Afro-Tubercular
Sanatorium
Open about 1910, and located in
Arenas Valley by John Lott.
White
Cross Sanatorium
Located at Market St. & Black
St. and opened about 1900.
Sunset
House
Located on 6th. St. about 1917-1918. Small
rooming house for Tubercular patients.
Hotel
San Vicente
Formerly the Timmer House.
Opened in 1902 by Mrs. O. S. Warren.
The
Pines Sanatorium
Located at Tyrone and opened by
T. S. Parker.
Silver
City Sanatorium
Located at the Lyons & Campbell
place north of Silver City. Opened in 1904
by
T. S. Parker
T.
S. Parker Hospital
Opened at Tyrone in 1915, closed
about 1921.
Fort
Bayard Hospital
The Ft. Bayard Hospital had a
field hospital from 1866 to 1885.
In 1885 a regular hospital was built and was
in use until 1930 at which it was torn down.
The hospital was used as a T. B. Sanatorium
from 1899 until 1920.
The present hospital was built between 1920
and 1922.
In 1922 the facility was transferred from
the Public Health Department to the Veterans
Administration and operated from 1922 until
1965.
In 1965 the hospital was transferred to
the State of New Mexico and has been
operated until the present by the
State of New Mexico.
Santa
Rita Hospital
Opened officially February 15th
1915 and closed 1 Nov. of 1954.
However first birth was Al
Owen’s niece born 9 Nov. 1911.
Watts
Clinic
First located on Cooper St. next to the
Courthouse. Opened in 1920's to 1930, then
moved to new building on Silver Heights
Blvd. in early 1950's.
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NEWSPAPERS
OF
GRANT COUNTY, NM.
(See note #24)
NOTE:
(D) = DAILEY (W)= WEEKLY (M/2) = BI-WEEKLY
| Lordsburg Liberal (not in Grant
County)
|
1919 -------------- Present
|
| Mining Chronicle (W)
|
18 Jun 1880 --------1883
|
| Mining Life (W) (later became the
Grant County Herald)
|
31 May 1873 ------- Feb 1875
|
| Silver Record (stopped printing early
1880)
|
9 Jan 1879 ---------- 1880
|
| The Central Independent (only printed
a few issues)
|
? ---------------------?
|
| The Daily Press and Independent (D)
|
Jun 1935 ------------ Present
|
| The Daily Sentinel (D)
|
Dec 1882 ------------?
|
| The Daily Silver Citizen (D)
|
28 Jun 1883 --------- Apr 1884
|
| The Daily Southwest (D)
|
1 Mar 1880 --------- 4 Sep 1880
|
| The Daily Southwest (revived)
|
21 Dec 1888 ---------- ?
|
| The Enterprise (W)
|
16 Nov 1882 --------13 Nov 1987
|
| The Eagle
|
1895 ----------------1896
|
| The Fort Bayard News (W)
|
1917 ----------------24 Oct 1919
|
| The Georgetown Courier (W?)
|
1882 --------------- 1883?
|
| The Grant County Democrat (W)
|
1897 ---------------- 1898
|
| The Grant County Herald (W) (changed
name to The Herald)
|
6 Mar 1875 --------- 21 Mar 1875
|
| The Grant County Herald (W)
|
28 Jul 1877 ----------4 Sep 1880
|
| The Grant County Sentinel (W)
(dropped weekly addition ?)
|
28 Oct 1882 --------- Jan 1883
|
| The Herald (W) (resumed the name “The
Grant County Herald”)
|
21 Mar 1875 -------- 28 Jul 1877
|
| The New Mexico Mining Gazette (M2)
|
27 Oct 1882 ------------ ?
|
| The New Southwest
|
1879 ------------------- 1881
|
| The Herald and Southwest
|
1880 ------------------- ?
|
| The New Southwest and Grant County
Herald
|
Apr 1881 --------------- ?
|
| The Pinos Altos Miner
|
11 Jul 1888 ------------ 1891?
|
| The Pinos Altos (late 1800’s)
|
? ------------------------- ?
|
| The Southwest Sentinel (W)
|
(D-1887) (W-back 1888) 1883 ----
1896
|
| The Silver City Independent (W)
|
30 Jun 1896 -------- Jun 1935
|
| and “Grant County Democrat” (merged)
and the
|
|
| “Grant County Democrat (W)” name was
dropped.
|
3 Jan 1899 ----------- 7 Dec 1928
|
| The Silver City Southwest (stopped
printing) ?
|
------------------------- 1880
|
| The Sun News
|
8 Dec 1995 ---------- Present
|
| The Telegram (D-?)
|
1880 ------------------- 1882
|
| The Tribune (W) (only lasted 4
months)
|
21 Aug 1873 ---- 13 Dec 1873
|
| The Watch-Dog (W)
|
Dec 1882 --------------- ?
|
| The Watch-Dog & Telegram (semi
weekly)
|
? ------------------------ ?
|
| The Watch-Dog (merged with the Grant
County Sentinel)
|
Dec 1883 --------------- ?
|
| The Weekly New Mexican ?
|
---- 1880’s ---------------?
|
Tombstone Abbreviations
|
NOTE: There are far more abbreviations than
listed here.
AF&AM - (masonic)
AFL – American Federation of Labor
AFL-CIO - American Federation of Labor –
Congress of Industrial Organizations
AMORC - Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
AOF - Ancient Order Of Foresters
AOH - Ancient Order Of Hibernians
AOKMC - Ancient Order Of Knights of Mystic
Chain
AOUW - Ancient Order Of United Workmen
ALOH - American Legion of Honor
AUM - Ancient Order of Mysteries- Masonic
Order
BPOE - Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks
BPOEW - Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks of the World
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CK of A - Catholic Knights of America
COOF - Catholic Order of Foresters
CTAS - Catholic Total Abstinence Society
CBKA - Commander Benevolent Knights
Association
CCTAS - Crusaders-Catholic Total Abstinence
Society
CSA - Confederate States of America
DAR - Daughters of American Revolution
EBA - Emerald Beneficial Association
FAA - Free and Accepted Americans
F&AM - Free and Accepted Masons.
FOE - Fraternal Order of Eagles
GALSTPtr - German American Legion of St.
Peter
GAR - Grand Army of the Republic
GLAUM - Grand Lodge Ancient Order of
Mysteries-Masonic Order
GUOOF - Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
IHSV - Red Cross of Constantine
IOI - Independent Order of Immaculates
IOKP - Independent Order of Knights of
Pythias
IOOF - Independent Order of Odd Fellows
ISH - Independent Sons of Honor
IORM - Improved Order of Redmen
IWW - Industrial Workers of the World
JAOUW - Junior Order-Ancient Order of United
Workmen
JOUAM - Junior Order-Order of United
American Mechanics
KGL - Knight Grand Legion
KM - Knights Militant
KC - Knights of Columbus
K of C - Knights of Columbus
K of FM - Knights of Father Matthew
KFM - Knights of Father Matthew
K of H - Knights of Honor
K of L - Knights of Loyola
K M - Knights of Malta (Masonic)
KMC - Knights of the Mystic Chain
KPC - Knights of Peter Claver
KP - Knights of Pythias
K of P - Knights of Pythias
KSC - Knights of St. Columbkille
KG - Knights of St. George
KSTG - Knights of St. George
KSTI - Knights of St. Ignatius
K of SJ - Knights of St. John
KSTJ - Knights of St. Joseph
KSL - Knights of St. Lawrence
KSTM - Knights of St. Martin
K of STP - Knights of St. Patrick
KSTP - Knights of St. Paul
KSTP - Knights of St. Peter
KSTT - Knights of St. Thomas
K of STW - Knights of St. Wenceslas
KT - Knights of Tabor
K of T - Knights of Tabor
KWM - Knights of Wise Men
KGE - Knights of Golden Eagle
KHC - Knights of Holy Cross
KKK - Knights of Klu-Klux Klan
KOTM - Knights of Macabees
KSF - Knights of Sherwood Forest
KT - Knights Templars (Masonic)
LAOH - Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians
LK of A - Loyal Knights of America
LOM - Loyal Order of the M.O.O.S.E.
MOLLUS - Military Order of the Loyal Legion
of the United States
MRA - Royal Arcanum
MWA - Modern Woodsmen of America
NOK - New Order Knights (see KKK)
OES - Order of the Eastern Star
OUAM - Order of United American Mechanics
PM - Patriarchs Militant (Independent Order
of Odd Fellows)
POSA - Patriotic Order of the Sons of
America
RIP - Rest in Peace
RMOKHSJ - The Religious and Military Order
of Knights of the Holy Sepulcher of
Jerusalem
RSTV - Rite of St. Vaclara
RSTV - Rite of ST. Vita
RK - Roman Knights
SR - Scottish Rite (Masonic Order)
RAM - Royal Arch Masons
RO-AUM - Rosicrucian Order
SBCL - Saint Bonifazius Catholic Union
SBL - Society B. Lafayette
SCV - Sons of the Confederate Veterans
SAR - Sons of the American Revolution
SNA-AUM - Shrine of North America (Masonic)
SV - Sons of Veterans
TH - Temple of Honor-Independent Order of
Odd Fellows
TMO – Traditional Martinist Order
(Rosicrucian)
UCV - United Confederate Veterans
UDC - United Daughters of the Confederacy
VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars
WOW - Woodsmen of the World
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The History
Of the
Grant County Boundaries
The
following list of larger towns, were removed from Grant
County on the listed dates to become part of other
Counties.
1884 Kingston was removed to form Sierra
County.
1901 Deming was removed to form Luna
County.
1919 Lordsburg was lost when Hidalgo
County was formed. |
The following pages
illustrate the evolution of Grant County
page. See bottom of that of that page.
Copyright by Carl Scholl © 2004,
all rights reserved
Intellectual Copyright, Format Copyright.
©2005-2006-2007
C. W. Barnum
Revised Oct. 16, 2007
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