Fort Union National Monument collection, 1848-1943.

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Fort Union National Monument collection, 1848-1943.

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Summary: Collection consists of the records from Fort Union, its officers, its operations, and its surrounding towns (1848-1943). Included are: records of the quartermaster, sutler's store, and various other operations at Fort Union; the military papers of various officers including Thomas Keeshan; documents concerning towns within the vicinity of Fort Union including Wagon Mound, Watrous, Las Vegas, and Santa Fe; Watrous family documents and the records of J.B. Rice and Samuel B. Watrous, as Watrous & Co. (Huerfano, Colorado); correspondence of A.A. Jones and Albert T. Rogers Jr. concerning land grant litigation; documents concerning the murder of J.J. Schmidt of Wagon Mound, New Mexico; and documents concerning mining, land grants, and Indian depredations in New Mexico. Some documents concerning Colorado history are also included. Some items of note are: plats of the Mora, Scolly, and Las Vegas land grants; booklets pertaining to the Acqueia del Lanano and mining in the Maxwell Land Grant; the military order for the removal of Lt. E.H. Plummer as Navajo Indian Agent (1893); and Thomas B. Catron's closing argument for the prosecution in the Schmidt murder trial (1893).

Papers : 1.5 linear feet.maps : 5.

New Mexico State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7398107

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Schmidt, John J., 1946-

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Rogers, Albert T., Jr.

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Watrous, S. B.

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Watrous family.

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Fort Union National Monument (N.M.)

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Fort Union is located on the Mountain Branch of the Santa Fe Trail. Established in 1851, Fort Union was abandoned in 1891. It served as a quartermaster depot for the 9th Military District (Dept. of New Mexico) and as a protector of the Santa Fe Trail until the coming of the railroad. Fort Union was designated a national monument in the latter part of the 20th century. From the description of Fort Union National Monument collection, 1848-1943. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat recor...

Acqueia del Lanano.

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Watrous & Co.

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Keeshan, Thomas.

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Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921

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Thomas B. Catron, lawyer and politician, was born on October 6, 1840 in Lafayette County, Missouri. He arrived in New Mexico, 1866 and began a controversial career as lawyer, land speculator, and politician. Catron served in the New Mexico Legislative Assembly seven times between 1868-1910, in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1894-1896 and the U. S. Senate, 1912-1918. He died on May 15, 1921 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the guide to the Thomas B. Catron Papers, 1692-1934, (Univer...

Rice, J. B.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Beck, James P.

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United States. Army. Quartermaster Corps

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Fort Arbuckle was built in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma on April 19, 1851 and was formally designated a fort in June 1851. It was established by the U.S. Army to protect the region's relocated Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes from raids by Kiowa and Comanche Indians. The fort was also visited by wagon trains of Mormons and other emigrants enroute to the California gold fields. On June 24, 1870, Fort Arbuckle was abandoned when the establishment of Fort Sill rendered its further maintenance as a ...

Jones, Andrieus Aristieus, 1862-1927

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A.A. Jones was a prominent lawyer and politician from East Las Vegas, New Mexico. He was involved with local and state politics. He served as a special U.S. District Attorney (1894-1898) and U.S. senator (1916-1927). He collaborated with Albert T. Rogers Jr. on land grant cases. From the description of A.A. Jones papers, 1858-1957. (Santa Fe Public Library). WorldCat record id: 37800779 A.A. Jones was a prominent lawyer, businessman, and politician from East Las Vegas, N.M. ...