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First Exhibit: Pioneer Families of
Grant County, New Mexico
Second Exhibit: New Mexico In The 1870’s Third Exhibit: Mimbres, Grant County, New Mexico Return To History Page Grant County was created 30 January 1868. It was named for General Ulysses S. Grant who became president. Silver City is the county seat. This county is rich with copper, gold and other metals. It contains part of the Gila National Forest. Farming and ranching are major businesses. Pioneer Families of Grant County, New Mexico A History of The Hooker-Shelley
Families and The 916 Ranch Published by Gateway, Inc., 1001 N.
Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202 Permission to reproduce this index
and excerpts was given by Terrell T. Shelley on July 6,
2001. For information about the
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authors: For queries about book contents and requests, contact Beverly A. Taylor only. copyright 4 July 2001Submitted by Beverly A. Taylor New Mexico In The 1870’s Beverly Taylor, Contributor Silver City is the County seat of
Grant County, a county established in 1868 by special
act of the Territorial Legislature. It was about this
time that a settlement was located at San Vicente or
Meadows. Silver was discovered at Choloride Flats,
Georgetown, in the Burro Mountains, and other spots in
the area. The discovery led to the establishment of
Silver City, in 1870, the founder of the town being a
Captain Hurlburt. These were the first permanent settlements made west of Silver City, and at this time there were no settlements on the lower, middle, or upper Gila Valleys. The first permanent settlement on the upper Gila was made by James Shackleford, cousin of James Metcalf and a brother of John Metcalf Shackleford, and was later a part of the immense agricultural estate of the Gila Farm Company. This property is now owned by James Worthington Shelley. Surnames Given Names Surnames Given Na
Mentioned in Book for each Surname Mentioned in Book for each
Adair 1 Lane 1
Adams 2 Laney 3
Agee 1 Langston 1
Albert 1 Larson 4
Allen 3 Latham 2
Allison 8 Lauriano 1
Allred 17 Layne 1
Amberson 4 Lee 2
Anderson 19 Lewis 10
Apache Kid 1 Lidsey 2
Arisman 2 Lilly 3
Ault 1 Liserine 1
Aults 2 Littlefield 11
Bagby 1 Livingston 1
Baker 1 Loag 1
Ball 3 Lobestein 1
Ballore 1 Lobstein 1
Balou 1 Longbottom 2
Barentine 29 Loomis 6
Barka 1 Lopez 1
Barksdale 1 Lorey 1
Barrows 1 Loup 1
Bates 5 Lowe 1
Baugh 1 Lowery 2
Beard 4 Lydie 1
Belden 2 Lyons 5
Bell 12 Mangold 1
Bennett 1 Mangas 1
Bevins 1 Mangus 1
Biebelle 1 Mann 1
Bisby 1 Manose 1
Black 2 Manville 1
Balir 1 Mardis 1
Blalac 1 Marshall 4
Blalack 2 Martin 10
Blevins 3 Mason 4
Block 2 Mathis 1
Blue 3 Mattock 2
Booth 1 McAfee (Sheriff) 1
Borenstein 1 McBride 1
Borte 1 McCart 1
Boulware 2 McCarty 1
Bounds 3 McCarvell 1
Bowker 1 McCauley 36
Boyles 1 McClain 1
Brannon 1 McClure 1
Brewer 1 McCollom 1
Bright 1 McDermott 2
Brister 3 McDonald 8
Brock 1 McElroy 1
Brown 19 McElvane 1
Buckner 1 McGrath 2
Burgess 10 McGregor 1
Burnside 4 McGrew 1
Burrell 5 McGuffin 1
Burris 3 McKamey 1
Burrleson 1 McKeen 1
Bulter 1 McKenzie 1
Cadwallader 1 McKindree 1
Callahan 1 McLaughlin 1
Calloway 2 McMann 1
Campbell 4 McMillan 2
Canada 1 McMillen 12
Cardona 1 McNair 1
Carrell 2 McQuillan 1
Carroll 3 McSherry 1
Carter 1 McWhorter 2
Carver 1 Means 4
Causland 1 Melendris 1
Cauthen 1 Menard 1
Chacon 1 Metcalf 12
Chambers 1 Metcalfe 3
Champney 1 Miller 14
Chappell 3 Mitchell 1
Cheairs 1 Moberly 1
Chester 1 Monasco 1
Childers 3 Monger 1
Chilton 1 Monose 1
Christian 5 Montana 1
Clark 30 Moore 3
Clayton 2 Moran 2
Cloudt 2 Morehead 1
Coalson 1 Morgan 1
Cobb 11 Morrison 1
Cockrane 1 Morrow 1
Cofett 1 Mortensen 1
Coffee 1 Mortzek 1
Coffelt 3 Mosley 1
Cole 3 Moss 8
Coleman 5 Mrotzek 7
Collier 1 Muir 1
Colquet 7 Mullins 1
Conant 2 Mullison 1
Cone 1 Murphy 1
Conn 3 Murray 5
Connell 1 Myers 3
Conner 1 Nat 1
Connor 1 Neal 5
Cook 7 Nelson 1
Cooley 8 Neuman 4
Cooper 2 Newberry 1
Corn 1 Newman 2
Cosgrove 1 Nixon 1
Cousland 1 Nordhouse 1
Cox 17 Norris 1
Crane 2 Northrup 3
Cranmar 2 Ogas 1
Cranmer 1 Oney 1
Craver 1 Osborn 2
Crawford 1 Pace 1
Criswell 3 Pack 1
Croom 6 Parks 4
Crumbley 1 Parmalee 1
Cruse 1 Parmer 5
Culberson 4 Parrish 1
Culbertson 2 Parsons 4
Cummings 2 Patterson 5
Cunningham 4 Patton 10
Cureton 5 Pauley 1
Currie 1 Payne 1
Curry 1 Perault 1
Daniels 4 Perry 3
Darby 2 Petterson 1
Darley 5 Phillips 3
Davis 7 Pickens 1
Dean 1 Pickett 3
DeLancy 1 Pierce 1
Delk 5 Pinkerton 2
Deming 1 Pitts 6
Denton 2 Planco 1
Dickerson 2 Poe 1
Dietz 6 Polance 1
Dinwiddie 22 Polk 1
Dockary 1 Pollock 1
Dockray 4 Porter 1
Dodge (Phelps) 1 Powers 5
Dodson 1 Prevost 2
Dominguez 4 Price 1
Donaldson 4 Pridemore 3
Donnel 4 Prince 1
Dove 1 Pruett 1
Dowling 1 Pruit 1
Downs 1 Putman 1
Doyle 16 Quail 1
Drehmer 1 Quintana 2
Driver 1 Raines 1
Druley 2 Rak 1
Drummond 1 Ranger 1
Drummonds 2 Rankin 2
Duncan 1 Ranstead 1
Dyson 1 Rastus 1
Eakin 29 Rathbun 1
Eby 2 Reed 7
Edwards 1 Reese 1
Eldredge 1 Resenta 1
Eldridge 1 Resley 1
Ellenwood 1 Rhinesmith 1
Elliott 1 Rice 56
Ellis 1 Richardson 1
Elmore 1 Ritchburg 1
Elms 3 Robert 1
Emmett 1 Robertson 1
Engle 1 Rogers 1
Epperson 1 Rosa 1
Erwood 1 Ross 1
Estes 5 Rosser 1
Evans 3 Royall 2
Fairchilds 1 Rultand 1
Farquhar/Franquhar 1 Ruoff 1
Farnsworth 2 Rutan 1
Fleming 7 Ryan 1
Flury 1 Sabre 1
Fondville 1 Samuel 2
Ford 1 Samuels 3
Forsyth 2 Satterfield 1
Foster 6 Saunders 1
Fowler 2 Sayer 1
Franks 4 Scarborough 1
Fraratin 1 Scott 2
Frary 2 Seitzler 2
French 1 Shackelford 1
Fuller 1 Shackleford 16
Furr 3 Shakleford 2
Gaddie 1 Shamblin 1
Gaddis 2 Shannon 1
Gains 1 Sharp 3
Galloway 1 Shaul 5
Gardner 1 Shearer 2
Garette 1 Shelley 165
Garrett 1 Shelton 1
Gene 1 Shields 1
George 4 Shipley 1
Geronimo 1 Shirley 1
Gilcrest 1 Shirrill 1
Gilcrist 1 Shock 2
Gilmore 1 Shy 1
Ginn 2 Siggins 1
Giraud 1 Silsby 1
Girlie 1 Simmons 5
Gist 1 Siuox 1
Glaze 1 Sixby 7
Glen 1 Sizemore 1
Glenn 1 Sloan 3
Glisey 2 Smiley 2
Gobble 1 Smith 9
Goble 3 Smithson 1
Godbolt 1 Smyer 2
Goettsche 1 Snyder 1
Goodell 1 Sonders 1
Goodgame 1 Sorrell 1
Gordon 1 Souders 5
Gowanlock 1 Sperry 6
Grammer 1 Spires 1
Grand 1 Spitzley 2
Granger 1 Sprunk 1
Grant 2 Spurgeon 5
Green 1 Stailey 5
Greenwood 1 Standish 1
Grenfill 2 Stanley 5
Grimes 6 Starrett 1
Grogan 1 Steel 1
Guerra 1 Steele 4
Guiterez 1 Stephe 1
Glub 1 Stephens 3
Gunnison 1 Sterling 2
Hadely 1 Stevens 2
Hailey 1 Stewart 2
Hale 1 Stirling 1
Hall 2 St.Johns 1
Halley 1 Stockman 6
Ham 1 Stockton 11
Hamblin 1 Stoval 1
Hamilton 1 Stovall 1
Hannegan 1 Stowe 1
Hannum 4 Straw 1
Hansen 3 Stroing 1
Hardin 2 Summers 1
Hargraves 1 Sutton 1
Harkey 1 Swapp 1
Harper 2 Swink 5
Harrington 2 Taber 2
Harshe 1 Tabor 1
Hartz 2 Talbot 1
Haathorn 1 Tate 1
Hathorne 1 Taylor 7
Hatley 1 Teague 1
Hawkins 2 Teel 1
Hayes 1 Terrell 1
Hays 1 Terry 1
Head 2 Thomas 2
Heathers 1 Thompson 4
Hederson 1 Thorn 2
Henderson 1 Thorne 1
Hendrick 1 Thrall 1
Henry 14 Threepersons 2
Herdman 2 Thwaits 2
Heron 3 Tigner 2
Heslewood 1 Toney 2
Hesselwood 1 Tong 1
Hext 1 Torres 2
Hickey 1 Tow 1
Hickman 2 Trailor 1
Hickson 1 Trantham 1
Higgins 2 Traynor 4
Hightower 4 Trembly 1
Hightowers 1 Trent 1
Hill 1 Trissel 1
Hobbs 8 Troffer 1
Hodge 1 Trotter 1
Hoker 2 Turman 3
Holland 7 Turner 14
Hollimon 41 Turney 2
Holmes 1 Upton 2
Hood 1 VanDeren 4
Hooker 80 VanZandt 1
Horcasitas 1 Vesley 3
Horn 2 Victoria 1
Hotchkiss 1 Victorio 2
Howard 6 Villarreal 2
Huartson 2 Waldie 1
Hughes 1 Waldrop 1
Hunt 3 Wallace 2
Hunter 6 Ward 7
Hurt 1 Warren 1
Hyde 2 Washington 2
Inman 1 Watkins 1
Ireland 1 Watson 3
Irwin 3 Wells 2
Jackson 2 Welsh 1
Jacobs 1 Wheelr 3
James 1 White 6
Jarboe 5 Whorley 1
Jarrell 1 Widouf 4
Jefferson 1 Wilber 1
Jenks 2 Wilcox 1
Jessell 1 Wiley 1
John 1 Wilkerson 6
Johnson 5 Wilkes 2
Jones 6 Wilkey 1
Joy 4 Wilkinson 2
Judd 3 Willet 3
Keene 1 Williams 22
Keith 5 Willis 1
Keller 3 Wilmeth 13
Kelly 1 Wilson 7
Kemp 1 Windham 1
Kemper 1 Witt 1
Kimbrough 2 Wittenburg 1
Kinnebrew 3 Wood 1
Kinsinger 2 Woodrow 12
Kirkland 4 Woolhiser 1
Kniffen 1 Woren 1
Knight 1 Worthington 1
Knox 2 Wright 6
Ladonna 1 Wygant 1
LaFrinere 2 Wylie 3
Land 6 Yates 2
Landrum 2 York 16
Lane 1 Young 1
Laney 3 Zaayenga 1
Langston 1 … Zumwalt 4
Grant County Ranches 1935 Owner or Ranch Address or Twp.S Rge.W Name Headquarters Adams, Monie Hachita 27 15 Adams, W.A. (G.O.S. Ranch) Silver City and El Paso, TX 15 12 Agee, Sam W. Silver City 19 13 Anderson, Fred Redrock 19 19 Avery, Ben Silver City 16 15 Bagby, Harold Silver City 19 13 Baker, L.O. Est. Deming 25 15 Biebelle, W.R. San Lorenzo 18 10 Bounds, Ruth & Horace Santa Rita 17 11 Bounds, Young Separ 22 15 Brock Cattle Company Lordsburg 17 16 Brock Cattle Company Lordsburg 20 17 Carter & Morehead Hachita 26 16 Cauthen, W.L. Mule Creek 15 21 Chamber, Earl Redrock 17 19 Cheairs, Sam Silver City 15 15 Clark, Shelby Cliff 16 16 Clayton, Jerry Mimbres 16 11 Clayton, Tom Separ 23 15 Coalson, John Mule Creek 13 20 Connell, W.D. Separ 24 14 Cox, R.D. Separ 25 14 Cox, T.M. Separ 24 16 Criswell, J.H. Whitewater 19 13 Culberson, Mary A. Silver City 17 14 Culberson, Mary A. Silver City 22 16 Cureton Cattle Company Lordsburg 20 17 Cureton Cattle Company Lordsburg 21 15 Cureton Cattle Company Lordsburg 21 16 DeLancy, H.A. Hurley 18 12 Delk, George Santa Rita 17 17 Dickerson, J.M. Cliff 15 18 Dinwiddie, J.M. Cliff 14 17 Dominguez, Jose Faywood 18 10 Dominguez, Pedro Gila 15 17 Donaldson, J.R. & S.A. Hachita 27 14 Eby, Thomas & Sim Faywood 19 10 Fleming Cattle Company Silver City 15 15 Flury, Andrew Silver City 17 13 Gilcrist Cattle Co. (2 C Ranch) Silver City 18 11 Gilcrist Cattle Co. (2 C Ranch) Silver City 19 12 Giraud, E.F. San Lorenzo, c/o J. A. Menard 17 10 Glaze, O.H. Separ 22 16 Gordon, L.A. Buckhorn 14 18 Grenfell, L.R. & T.A. Silver City 18 14 Harkey, C.C. Silver City 14 20 Harrington, T.E. Santa Rita 17 10 Harsh, Fiske (Dairy) Silver City 18 14 Henry, Jas. M. Cliff 15 17 Henry, John Mule Creek 13 20 Henry, Will Cliff 15 17 Hext, Oscar Duncan, Arizona 17 20 Hodge, Hugh (Diamond Bar CC Ranch) Silver City 13 11 Hooker, Joe (J T Ranch) Gila 15 16 Hooker, Horace Gila 15 15 Hughes, M.T. Mimbres 17 11 Jarrell, G.A. Separ 23 14 Keene. R.F. Silver City 16 15 Kenney, Isabell (2 bar M) Moss Ranch Cliff 15 . Latham, Buckhorn 14 18 Livingston, Garland Hachita 27 16 Mangas Cattle Co. (Oak Grove Ranch) Tyrone 19 14 Mangold, Henry Hachita 27 16 Mardis, Bertha Tyrone 19 15 Martin, C.C. & J.A. Duncan, Arizona 17 20 Mattock, Bert & Harry Mimbres 17 11 Means and Sons (H-Y Ranch) Silver City 14 19 Menard, J.A. San Lorenzo 17 10 Mitchell, Jake Mimbres 16 11 Moberly, I.F., Est. Tyrone 20 15 Morrow, O. A. Tyrone 21 15 Muir, J.T. Lordsburg 24 15 McCauley, Fred and Sons Cliff 17 17 McCauley, J.L. (A Bar Ranch) Tyrone 20 15 McDermott, T.C. Faywood 20 11 McDonald Brothers Tyrone 21 15 McElroy, J.T. (Nan Ranch) Faywood 19 10 McGarth Brothers Silver City . . (Liberty Ranch) Silver City 18 14 (F Bar Ranch) Silver City 19 17 McKamey, John Faywood 18 10 McMillan Cattle Company Silver City 17 16 McNair, G.P. Mule Creek 14 20 McSherry, Grover Faywood 19 10 McWorter, B.M. Lordsburg 22 16 McWorter, Freeman Lordsburg 21 16 Pace, Jim Duncan, Arizona 17 21 Pack, E.L. Fierro 17 12 Patton, T.L. Silver City 19 13 Perrault, George A. Sherman 18 10 Phillips, Selena B. Separ 24 15 Pinkerton, S.M. Silver City 16 16 Porter, Don & R.L. Whitewater 20 14 Rathbun, C.H. Silver City 17 14 Rice, Lee Cliff 15 17 Richardson, L.C. Whitewater 20 12 Rosser, A.P. Hachita 25 14 Royall Brothers (Seven S X Ranch) Tyrone 20 14 Shelley, P.M. Est. (916 Ranch) Cliff 14 17 Silsby, W.C. Tyrone 19 15 Smith, J.F. Silver City 19 15 Snyder, George Silver City 20 14 Stephens, E.M. Buckhorn 14 18 Stewart, Dave B. Cliff 16 18 Stockman, C.W. Redrock 17 19 Stoval, Dr. R.F. Sherman 18 10 Teague & Morrison (T & M Dairy) Hanover 17 12 Thompson, R. & N.B. Tyrone 19 15 Thrall, H.A. Mimbres 17 11 Tigner, J.F. & T.B. Faywood 20 11 Torres, Procopio Faywood 19 9 Turner, Burke Silver City 18 14 Turner, J.A. (Dairy) Silver City 18 14 Turner, John W. Whitewater 20 13 Upton, J.E. Sherman 18 10 Victoria Land & Cattle Company Deming . . (Four Mile Wells) . 28 15 (JAP Ranch) . 22 15 (Ringbone Ranch) . 27 16 Villarreal, S.L. Gila 15 17 Waldie, R.O. Silver City 19 14 Wallace, Bob Cliff 15 18 Ward, T.W. & R.A. Silver City 16 16 Warren, D.D. Separ 25 15 Wells, W.A. Mule Creek 14 21 White, W.E. Silver City 17 15 Wiley, J.A. Central 18 13 Wilkey, J.A. El Paso, Texas 16 21 Wilkinson, A.V. Mule Creek 15 21 Wilkinson, L.E. Mule Creek 15 20 Wittenburg, Mrs. Ida Separ 25 14 Woodrow, Henry Cliff 15 17 Woren, Will Duncan, Arizona 17 19 Yates, Laura V. & George V. Sherman 18 9 Zumwalt, Boyd Mule Creek 13 21 Zumwalt, G.F. Mule Creek 14 20 ©2005 2001, 2002, 2003 Beverly Taylor MIMBRES, GRANT COUNTY, NEW MEXICO ACEQUIA The following affidavit was given
in 1889, in Hillsboro, by George O. Perrault, one of the
original settlers of the Mimbres area. This document is
a typed copy from the original, which was lost when the
courthouse apparently caught fire. This copy was given
to my father by one of the Perrault descendants, as we
used to live on the Perrault ranch, and the families
would come every year to tend to the cemetery there, and
show their children the "home place". Mr. Perrault was
French-Canadian. Note: An acequia is an irrigation ditch and, in New Mexico, an acequia also refers to a centuries-old system of communal management of water and to the community of farmers that cooperatively maintain the ditch and distribute irrigation water. Acequias formed the basis for settlement of New Mexico's Indo-Hispano communities between two and four hundred years ago and continue to be vital to the cultural and economic survival of the traditional communities of New Mexico. TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, County of Grant GEORGE O. PERRAULT, a resident of the County of Grant and Territory aforesaid, deposes and says: That in December of the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine, he in company with eighteen others, all citizens of United States and residents of Penas Altoes (sic) in Grant County and territory aforesaid, claimed a certain tract of land and took possession of same, situated in Township 17 and 18, known at present, as the San Lorenzo Flat on the Mimbres River in county and territory aforesaid. That in January of the following year 1870 they planted a large quantity of wheat on said land in community. That each member of the colony had the said, G.O. Perrault to measure their respective piece of land from above mentioned flat and most of them farmed that year on their own land but lived close together for self protection against the hostile Indians. That in the month of May of the same year he located his present ranch and commenced cleaning up the ground: that in June of the same year he planted about five acres of corn: that he cultivated that corn and harvested a crop out of said corn in the fall of the same year: that he surveyed and worked on his present main ditch that year, 1870: that in the month of March 1871 he moved his family, from the San Lorenzo flat where he had kept them for their own protection upon his present ranch, that he in company with Emilio Marques completed the present Acequia, known as PERRAULT ACEQUIA. That in the month of May or June of this same year 1871 they irrigated corn, land for beans and garden truck with water flowing into said Acequia. That Emilio Marques did not farm his land that year but planted and cultivated on said Perrault’s ranch in partner ship with said Perrault. That he did not reside on his land that year but on Perrault’s ranch. That in the spring of 1872 Benigno Barela did move from San Lorenzo Flat onto Perrault’s ranch and did locate a ranch owned in part name by Carlos Morero and Selso Gonzales: that he Benigna Barela did plant his land that year 1872 but did not did a irrigation ditch nor irrigated any portion of his land on account of being too wet. That also Casme Guadiana too up and claimed his land that year 1872 but did not dig any irrigating ditch nor irrigated his land that year, and that he Casme Guadiana, did not live on his land that year but lived on San Lorenzo Flat with his family. That in the fall of one thousand eight hundred and seventy two, Emilio Marques did sell to Carlos Morero all his right and title and move away from my ranch into Old Mexico: that the ranch now known as Carlos Morero’s ranch was abandoned from the fall of 1872 to the month of May 1873 when he Carlos Morero moved from Pinas Altos on his present ranch: That also Benigno Barela in the same year moved his family from my ranch unto his ranch, now being part of the Carlos Morero and Selso Gonzales ranch: that the same year 1873 Casme Guadiana did move his family from the San Lorenzo Flat where they were living unto his ranch which is now owned by Selso Gonzales: that in the month of July or August of the same year, 1873 the did build a small Acequia and did build a small dam from a branch of the main Mimbres River for the use of their houses and vegetable garden, that said Acequia was enlarged in the year one thousand eight hundred seventy four. That the water flowing from and through said Acequia was deverted in the following manner by mutual agreement between Casme Guadiana, Benigno Barela and G.O. Perrault, in two equal parts, five days of water, alternately and consecutively, the five days of water, belonging to the Acequia known as Perrault’s Acequia, the said water was turned loosed from said dam into the river to be taken into Perrault’s Dam and into his acequia, said water was then divided between him Perrault, and Carlos Morero in equal parts. That said division of water lasted satisfactorily to all parties concerned until the year eighteen hundred and eighty: that Casme Guadiana was killed sometime before the last mentioned year, and Benigno Barela died about the year above mentioned. That Carlos Morero about that time had his present ranch surveyed and found that his 160 acres lapped over and took bout one half of Benigno Barela’s land and took possession of same in the year about eighteen hundred and eighty two or eighty three. That Selso Gonzales took possession of his resent ranch, being vacated by the death of Casme Guadiana about the year eighteen hundred and eighty three or four. Then and there, the old ditch built by Camse Guadiana and Benigno Barela, runnin on the edge of the bottom land, or in other words, between the bottom land and the high land, the mark of which can be seen at present, was changed to take and irrigate his land. That in the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty four or five the present dam, called the San Juan Dam was built so as to raise the water of the Mimbres River three or four feet above its natural level and placed into an Acequia which conducts said water on high barren land, and at least six feet above the old ditch built by Casme Guadiana and Benigno Barela, thereby placing under cultivation a large track of land and using for that purpose all the water coming into said San Juan Dam and drying up the river below. That below and East of the so called San Juan Dam about four hundred yards there exists another dam built by Carlos Morero and Selso Gonzales, to irrigate their land on the south and east side of the river, the water from the San Juan Dam is thrown into said Dam for that purpose leaving the river below said last mentioned dam dry at all times except during floods. I WILL CALL THE ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING FACT: that I have clear title to 240 acres of land; that all this land in under cultivation and to irrigate this land I have but one main dam throwing the water to irrigate all the land on the west side of the river belonging to Carlos Morero and myself and at intervals on my date to water, said water is discharged from said dam into a small dam below to irrigate my land on the East and South of the river: that Carlos Morero owned and has title but 160 acres of land and has the following water privileges to irrigate that land with. First one half privilege in my water right, second one half privilege in the dam know as San Juan Dam with Selso Gonzales. The water from the last mentioned dam he, and Selso Gonzales uses to irrigate high land, where the village of San Juan is located, with the water from the second dam they irrigate all their land on the east side of the river and with Perrault’s ditch and the water therein he irrigated his bottom land on the west side of the river. IN CONCLUSION I WILL SAY THAT: it
is my opinion, after twenty years experience, that the
water flowing in the Mimbres River is sufficient to
irrigate every acre of bottom land on said river, but
the bottom and most valuable land on said river will be
dried up when said water is diverted from its natural
channel as in this case and used to irrigate high land
on each bank of said river. NAMES OF PERSONS ATTACHED TO THIS AFFIDAVIT
NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS ON THE MIMBRES RIVER
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