Historic Ranches of Northeastern New Mexico (Images of America) - Softcover

Burr, Baldwin G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467115495 ISBN 13: 9781467115490

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2016

Synopsis

In 1866, Charles Goodnight and his partner Oliver Loving began rounding up feral cattle in Texas, forming herds to be driven north into the immense unoccupied grazing land in northeastern New Mexico. The counties of Colfax, Mora, Harding, Union, and San Miguel became the location of some of the great historic ranches of the West. From the 11,000-acre Chase Ranch in Colfax County to the 650,000-acre Bell Ranch in San Miguel County, these ranches have been home to several generations of ranching families. Pioneer ranchers such as Manley M. Chase, Frank and Charles Springer, Samuel Watrous, and Albert K. Mitchell established a tradition of perseverance, self-sufficiency, and sustainable range management that continues to the present day.

About this title

About the Author

Baldwin G. Burr is president of the Valencia County Historical Society and is secretary of the Historical Society of New Mexico. Burr has compiled more than 180 photographs from the Old Mill Museum in Cimarron, the Herzstein Memorial Museum in Clayton, the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, and the Rio Grande Historical Collection at New Mexico State University to tell the story of the historic ranches of Northeastern New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1467115495
• ISBN 13: 9781467115490
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128