Godfrey, George Amos, 1885-1973.
Biographical notes:
Animas Valley, N.M., rancher prominent in the state's cattle industry. Godfrey served three terms as vice president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association and two terms as the organization's president. He also served as an officer on the American National Cattleman's Association and on the Border States Foot and Mouth Disease Board.
From the description of George Amos Godfrey papers, 1914-1973. (New Mexico State University). WorldCat record id: 41124946
George Amos Godfrey was born in Newton, Kansas, on December 20, 1886. He worked as a cowboy on the Maria River, near Shelby, Montana, from 1904-1908. In 1909 he went to Hachita, New Mexico, to work for the Diamond A Cattle Company and homesteaded in New Mexico's Animas Valley that same year. In 1914 he leased one school section in the Animas Mountains, 25 miles south of Animas, and gradually increased his ranch by buying out homesteaders and small ranchers as they left the area. Godfrey married Thelma Gibson, of Deming, New Mexico, in 1918. They had one son, William Godfrey.
- George A. Godfrey was involved in the following activities:
- President (two terms), vice-president (three terms), and member of the New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association.
- Member and Livestock Committeeman, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau.
- Second vice-president (two terms) and member of the legislative committee, forest committee, and brand and theft committee, American National Cattlemen's Association.
- Chairman, Hidalgo County Screw-worm Program.
- Director, Lordsburg Chamber of Commerce and representative, United States Chamber of Commerce.
- Chairman and member, Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico.
- Chairman and member, Border States Foot and Mouth Disease Board.
In his ranching activities Godfrey cooperated with the United States Department of Agriculture in rat control, and with New Mexico State University in experiments on land and grass testing, pregnancy testing, Vitamin A testing, and parasite control. He was also an honorary member of the Future Farmers of America.
He received the following awards and recognitions: Swift Meat Company Award, 1951; New Mexico Cattle Growers' Cattleman of the Year, 1959; the District Federal Land Bank Outstanding Man of Agriculture, 1968; and the New Mexico State University Agriculturist of Distinction, 1970.
George Godfrey died May 5, 1973.
From the guide to the George Amos Godfrey Papers, 1914-1974, (Archives and Special Collections, New Mexico State University Library)
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- Cattle
- Cattle trade
- Cattle trade
- Ranchers
- Ranchers New Mexico
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- Animas Valley (N.M.) (as recorded)
- New Mexico (as recorded)
- Animas Valley (N.M.) History (as recorded)
