Blazer family.

Dates:
Active 1857
Active 1966

Biographical notes:

Dr. Joseph Hoy Blazer was a New Mexican pioneer, dentist, merchant, and sawmill owner on the Tularosa River, within what became the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. Blazers's daughter Emma married Dr. John Howard Thompson, a physician on the Mescalero Reservation, then in El Paso, Texas. Blazer's son Armer carried on the mill business, while designing mechanical inventions and writing on local history. Armer's son, Paul, also researched local history and collected historic photographs.

From the description of Blazer family papers, 1857-1966 (bulk 1870-1955). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 29452095

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Subjects:

  • Apache Indians
  • English language
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Indian reservations
  • Lincoln County War, 1878
  • Mescalero language
  • Pioneers

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Places:

  • El Paso (Tex.) (as recorded)
  • Texas (as recorded)
  • Lincoln County (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • Otero County (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • Blazer's Mill (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • Mescalero Indian Reservation (N.M.) (as recorded)
  • New Mexico (as recorded)
  • Tularosa (N.M.) (as recorded)