Papers, 1879-1944 (bulk 1892-1896).

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Papers, 1879-1944 (bulk 1892-1896).

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The Sadie Moore Walker Papers consist of memoirs, poetry, broadsides, pamphlets, and some photocopied photographs. Manuscript materials relate to Sadie Moore Walker's childhood and later life, her relatives, and her writings (both poetic and prosaic). The largest of the manuscripts describes Walker's childhood experience as a colonist in Topolobampo, Sinaloa, Mexico, in the cooperative colony founded by Albert Kimsey Owen. Her writings also reflect the pioneer life of her family members in Carlsbad, New Mexico and other parts of the U.S. Southwest.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Walker, Sadie Moore.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk8500 (person)

Sadie Moore Walker was born into a family which sought its fortune and later its peace of mind in various parts of the United States and Mexico. In the late 1800s, Walker's family lived in Kansas, California, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and old Mexico. An intriguing part of her family history occurred between 1892 and 1895, when Walker's family participated in an experiment of communal living and an attempt at utopian society in Topolobampo, Mexico along with other colonists from the U...

Owen, Albert Kimsey

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Albert Kimsey Owen (1848-1916) traveled to Mexico in 1873 on a surveying trip for the future Mexican Central Railroad and saw Topolobampo Bay, Sinaloa. Owen dreamed of a railroad linking the United States through Texas to this Mexican port and planned a cooperative colony to be founded on the rich agricultural land nearby. The Mexican government granted him permission to form the Texas, Topolobampo & Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company in 1881, and the first colonists began to arrive in 18...