Blazer family papers, 1864-1965.

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Blazer family papers, 1864-1965.

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Family papers documenting a century of varied activities by a pioneer family living on land in the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation in southern New Mexico. The papers detail the acquisition and operation of a sawmill and gristmill. Other family activities, including farming, water use and struggles over water rights, are recorded. The Blazers's trade with the Mescalero Apache is documented, as are activities by agents of the Mescalero Apache Agency.

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New Mexico State University

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Leigh, William Robinson, 1866-1955

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American artist. From the description of Autobiography, ca. 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122630944 From the guide to the William Robinson Leigh autobiography, circa 1950, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Painter, writer, illustrator, lecturer, sculptor, teacher; New York, N.Y. From the description of William Robinson Leigh, 1883-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77821205 ...

Blazer, Noel E.

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Blazer, Joseph H.

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Blazer, Julia M., ca. 1846-1924.

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Thompson, Emma Blazer.

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Blazer, A. N. (Almer N.), 1865-1949

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Samachson, Joseph, 1906-1980

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Born at Kaskaskia, Ill., a descendent of Pierre Menard, Hugh Maxwell, and William Morrison, all early settlers and prominent in Illinois history, he studied law and practiced in St. Louis until he moved to Texas where he continued to research his family genealogy to establish heirship and used the information in a 1943 law suit to recover Menard's land for the family heirs. He also wrote unpublished family histories on the Maxwell and Morrison families, co-authored "Alias, Billy the Kid" in 1955...

Thompson, John Howard, 1851-1930.

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Eddy, J. Arthur.

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Blazer, Paul A.

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Blazer family.

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Pioneer family at Mescalero, New Mexico, where Joseph H. Blazer took over the operation of a sawmill in 1868. The family mill was the scene of a battle during the Lincoln County War. Blazer became prominent in the region, serving as a postmaster and county commissioner. In 1874 Blazer was licensed as a trader on the Mescalero reservation. His son, A.N. (Almer Newman), assisted Blazer with mill and trading post operations. Paul A. Blazer, A.N.'s son, served as water commissioner of Tularosa Canyo...

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Mescalero Agency

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Blazer's Mill.

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