Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-27
STRENUOUS EARLY
DAYS IN NORTH
NEW MEXICO
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The chiyalry OF the ages was nos
confined to the crusaders nor to an
men Of the Intervening centuries, and
we have seen an outcrop % IL here
In the west on a few occasions. When
tho Denver and Rio Grande ngrr0w
gauge over Neta pass reached Ala
mosa IN 1879. the great san Juan
country begun bristIing with the abb
normal activities incident upon the
opening Of dozen or more mining
camps. she most Of them promising
enough 70 put everybody on the run.
THE frciaiit business doomed up like
mii.ionaire's job and early on the
scene was Harry Ambrose with three
eigtts az a triple hitch OF twenty-fou1
good husky mules was known Isl those
days
one day while loading out OF Ala
moSa Tor stevens. Chestnut and Now
man with lag of general supplies
for Animas city where Durango now
stands, Ambrose incidentally fell IN
with five good looking and well
mounted fellows. who were not only
from Missouri but the original Jesse
James gang. or what 90 that particu-
lar Time represented an that WAS left
u the famous etick-up organization
The party was composed Of Jesse and
Frank James, Dick Liddell and the
two Ford kids, Bob and Charlie, They
had some drinks together and struck
out the next day or no for the La
Plata country which was Just lncubat-
Ing boom. The Ambrose outfit had
struck out day or so before the
James crew started. out on the TRAN
the freighter had ieft Tres Piedras,
had crossed the Eltierado range. or
tho Patnca or Cefvelitn mountains as
tho Mcxicans called them, and was
canped FOR the night on the Chama
below old Fort Lowell on the TERRA
Amarillo grant.
When the James party cams Ia on
their horses Ambrose cordially Invited
them 20 aiight and have supper. and
this they seemed glad 10 40, for the
gruhstakes were few and far between
10 that God forsakon land. The Mis-
/ sOurian hobbled out four of their
hcfses and left one Hi,ddled and Con
siantly under the guard Of one menu
/ Der. They were SO wsll pleased Wi'h
tho crude hospitality OF the camp
/ that thoy concluded 20 remain. all
night ana whiiod away the best part
I 81 Il By playing pokaf On a saddle
/ blanket spread on The sround. tn
che early morning the wranEioF came
In ana reported 70 Ambrose that four
Of his best mules had disappeared Ia
the night THE frelghtfs were much
put out over this turn VI the tide and
were discussing how they should
strike cut and hunt for them when
Jesse James huttod In SHOW me-"
no said In the true Miasourian way,
"where the mules were picketcd and
we viii eei them for YOU"
They went out % tho grazing
/ ground and the trail Of the missing
mules WAS soon located Then james
sent two of his men on horseback ard
told them 20 stay out until they found
the hybrldn The others ioiled around
the camp until hatt 81 the afternoon
was gone. when tho sound u hoofs
was heard and la came the two bau-
dts with the four mules. While eat
ink dinner on the grass they told the
story OF their search and how they
had overtakeu two Mexicens with the
mules twelve miles up a side canyon.
''YOu neeAn't expect any more trouble
/ from these fellows" they said, FOR
they viii never steal anything any
moro, nohow,' nor ala they, for their
Unfortunate bodies were thun afford
ing banquet 90 the buzzards. II
never paid TO run of stock IN thoHe
days. The James boys went on ahead.
Two days later Ambrose arrived az
Animhs city and found his friends
there having a high old time. on
the return trip the Missouriang came
into camp. acknowledged who they
were and disappeared on ahead the