Records, 1835-1902 (bulk 1870-1899).

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Records, 1835-1902 (bulk 1870-1899).

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The collection contains miscellaneous business records of Blazer's Mill as well as Joseph H. Blazer's general merchandising business. Joseph H. Blazer operated the mill during most of the period that these records encompass. His son, A.N. Blazer, later operated it. The records include correspondence, time books, blotters, logbooks, sales books, grist mill accounts, and journals. Some records refer to the company as "Tularosa Mills." The correspondence covers business deals and finances of Joseph H. Blazer including letters from George H. Abbott, who at one time had joint ownership of the Mill. Also letters from the Ft. Stanton Quartermaster appointing Blazer U.S. Forage Agent for Ft. Stanton, and correspondence from various family members discussing every day life at Blazer's Mill. There is a diary dated Jan. 1, 1872-May 9, 1872, by his daughter, Ellie, as well as the "Catalogue of reports statutes and digests", an 1882 catalogue of volumes in the Territorial Law Library. Two volumes formerly comprising the Tularosa Mills collection were incorporated into the Blazer's Mill records in 1998.

6 boxes (3.25 cu. ft.) 2 vols.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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SNAC Resource ID: 7414078

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Blazer, Joseph H.

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Blazer, A. N. 1865-1949.

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Blazer's Mill.

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Joseph Hoy Blazer was born in Pennsylvania in 1828 or 1829. He studied dentistry in St. Louis and practiced in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. In 1867, as a former Union soldier and retired freighter, he established himself in the timber business and as a retail dealer in general merchandise. He acquired a share in George Nesmith's ranch and sawmill situated at a point over looking the south fork of the Rio Tularosa, in Lincoln County, New Mexico. The mill, known up until that time as La Maquina, had been...