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A Big Loss

A Big Loss

A bit of New Mexico history was lost recently.  The Old Dowlin Mill in Ruidoso was destroyed by a gas explosion and fire.  It was the oldest...

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Hooch Simpson

Hooch Simpson

Joseph “Hooch” Simpson holds the distinction of being the last person lynched in California. On April 19th, 1908 in Skidoo, California, Hooch...

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Ike Clanton

Ike Clanton

Ike and Fin Clanton had survived the Cochise County War against Wyatt Earp and his brothers five years earlier and had moved their Cattle thieving...

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Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean

When a passenger train pulled into the little town of Langtry to take on water the passengers had about twenty minutes to flock to the Jersey Lillie...

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Mining the Optics

Mining the Optics

Four-year-old Albert Michelson reached the California Gold Rush town of Murphy’s Camp in 1856, after a voyage that took him from his native Prussia...

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