Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-23
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Try \. H. Hilton.l
Las Paiomaf Sierra County. y a.
Feb. elias paiomos s.sira eonr''.
". ~. il located nino ml's seah q
The site OF the Elephant Butte dam
~ the mouth OF paiomas creek. and
six miles from Palomas Hot springs.
~ present this picturesque town
which has had a stirring y pic
Auresauc history. contains about my
families. mostly natives. Palomas
was first suttlcd Ia 1866 hy 4 Num-
her OF families who moved from
l.aale Lopez. six miles south % so
Zorro. Louis Lopez az That lime, now
ever. was called san Jose. After the
river had flooded the town for two
years 10 succession and ruined my
Vraps. an exodus took place to Las
Ysaiomas. Among those that migrated
was Captain Pedro Arm1o, an old
soldier who fought in the bntties OF
tsanyoncito. Nnlverde and Glarleta.
Others III the party at emigrAnts were
Rafnel Tafoyu. Luis Padill0 Jesus
Apadasn, Jose Luna. Santiago Chavez.
Among the pioneers stili living ~ las
palomaa IS theptnin leuro Arrulla ~"
though 81 years old, he Us sttll halo
ana hearty ana tells graphic tales oi
what ~ and his associates went
through during the early period Of the
settlement Of Las Paiomas. Many "A
desperate fight they had uith Vic
tntfn. Mana ana other famous chief
atm Amer the Indians rame the
rough and ready eoWmen. who came
down from their ranches in d carlN
eiehfies aud made things lively
around las pnlunns. At time q
munchcr named Woylys, whose par
euts lived az nowney, cal. with two
other cowboys iu tire employ 81 Co.'s
cne, w = i%lopeweil at the John
cross ranch. got on 4 drunk and held
the plaza tor two DAYS. not allowing
any one to show his head out of g
WIndow. Three persons we're shot
dead Ia the Siege. Weyiys is said a.
he sill living near hurley \ NJ. and
welded a Zuni lndian uma He ls
still known III areuna Burnley as the
rited Navajo
This. however. Is ail IN the past
raiomas ha- q future. Il IL the first
town south nf the Elephant Butte
dam that viii feel the benefits OF this
great enterprise. For the first four
miles south 81 the dam sitr tle valley
iH Il box canyon. opening out within
three miles az palom0s- Although the
town is almost on the bank Of the
RIO Nianda. must ot thr irfiN tan Is
daua from Fainrs9N rrtk. fMr own
hetlE eOnto forty feat higher fhaB the
river. West ~ team the NaissN n
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hetfeT land ~ a. fe ivun0 AaA AFrtl
free from alkaI and ether injurious
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