J.J. Dalglish and Company records, 1881-1921.
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Rio Grande Historical Collections
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The Faithist movement was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough, who claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of Shalam," which set forth a plan for gathering the outcast and orphaned children of the world and raising them, according to strict religious principles, to be the spiritual leaders of a new age. Newbrough and some twenty Faithists, as his followers were called, decided to create suc...
J.J. Dalglish and Company.
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James Dalglish, a Canadian, came to Chloride, New Mexico through Minnesota in search of a dry climate. He had suffered from tuberculosis as a young man. Dalglish operated the store until 1897. He leased it to others for several years, and in 1908, he sold it to the U.S. Treasury Mining Company who used it as a commissary for their mining, ranching, and timber harvesting crews. In 1923, the owners closed the store, and boarded up the windows and doors, leaving all the furnishings and merchandise ...
