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1	Title: Construction of the Belen Cutoff Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight; William Penner A brief history of the construction of the Belen Cutoff and its effects. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (commonly known as the AT&SF) formed in Kansas in the mid-nineteenth century with plans to build a railroad to Colorado and New Mexico. The AT&SF crossed into New Mexico via Raton Pass in 1878 and built south... Show Keywords:
2	Title: Scholle: A Portrait of a Railroad Community Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight; William Penner A brief history of Scholle, New Mexico, a railroad community on the Belen Cutoff. Many communities in east-central New Mexico are relatively new when compared to those in the Rio Grande Valley and other parts of the state. When the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway constructed the Belen Cutoff, it opened an area for settleme... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Get Cut-off Contracts Author(s): Unknown (Author) Construction contracts are awarded and work is about to re-start on the Belen Cutoff. The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 25, 1905 GET CUT-OFF CONTRACTS Orman & Crook, of Pueblo, and the Lantry & Sons’ Company, of Strong City, Kansas to Do the Work. Denver dispatches say that Orman & Crook, the well known railroad contractors of ... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Dad Had Charge of the Commissary There Author(s): Tom Seery (Author); Randy Dunson (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Tom Seery talks about growing in Abo Canyon during the construction of the railroad. We had a wood floor. I remember Dad had charge of the commissary and there was quite a camp. When I was a kid, they’d come in at night, feed the horses and get them ready, and then they’d eat and they’d go to bed. And they’d get up the next m... Show Keywords:
5	Title: Settlement and Homesteading in East-Central New Mexico Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight; William Penner A brief history of settlement and homesteading in east-central New Mexico. New Mexico’s population grew during the nineteenth century. Hispano families began to settle beyond the Rio Grande Valley and establish new villages. Some communities obtained land grants from the Spanish or Mexican governments; others settled with... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Wherever The Work Took Us, That’s Where We Went Author(s): Randy Dunson (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Randy Dunson talks about growing up on the Belen Cutoff and the experiences his father, a track supervisor for the Santa Fe Railway in eastern New Mexico, had with Navajo work gangs. The first eight years of my life were spent in a 40-foot wooden boxcar converted for living quarters. Up and down the Belen Cutoff; just wherever the work took us that’s where we went. I made every school between Clovis and Belen, except Yeso. We w... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Settling Rapidly Author(s): Unknown (Author) Roosevelt County is growing fast and the Belen Cutoff is rapidly being completed. The Santa Fe New Mexican, December 5, 1905 SETTLING RAPIDLY Roosevelt County Attractive to Many New Settlers—Fifty Miles of Cut-off Built. Roosevelt County is evidently one of the most rapidly growing sections of the Sunshine Territory an... Show Keywords:
8	Title: Abo Canyon Is The Best Way Author(s): F. Meredith Jones (Author) F. Meredith Jones writes to James Dun indicating Abo Canyon is the only easy way from the eastern plains through the mountains to the Rio Grande. Belen, New Mexico, May 31, 1902 Mr. James Dun, Chief Engineer System, Chicago, Illinois Dear Sir: Complying with your request of May 5th to look over the country and report if a line could be had from the northwest point of Wallace’s sur... Show Keywords:
9	Title: The Railroad Made It, And The Railroad Destroyed It Author(s): Bill Pohl (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) The railroad is what made this country. It revolutionized the world, especially the United States, and every part of it, everywhere it went. Well, the people that were here before the railroad came, undoubtedly it made the world smaller for them, bu... Show Keywords:
10	Title: El Velador del Cañon de Abo Author(s): Eliseo R. Sisneros (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Eliseo R. Sisneros talks about working for the Santa Fe Railway in eastern New Mexico. One night there was a rock come down in Abo Canyon and it hit the electric warning fence and knocked a hole in it. They called the Belen Section and couldn’t find a foreman. So I went up there with the assistant foreman and a bunch of men to help t... Show Keywords:
11	Title: Proposed Bridge Over the Pecos River Author(s): James Dun (Author) James Dun writes to Lantry Sharp Contracting Company about the Santa Fe Railway’s plans to build a bridge over the Pecos River. Chicago, Illinois, December 28, 1905 The Lantry Sharp Contracting Company, Gambel Building, Kansas City, Missouri Gentlemen: Replying to your letter of December 26, regarding Pecos River foundations, I enclose you plans and a copy of the s... Show Keywords:
12	Title: Anything Was Wrong With The Track We Had To Fix It Author(s): Fidel Padilla (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Fidel Padilla talks about working on the Scholle section gang for the Santa Fe Railway near Mountainair, New Mexico. My father was first at work here in 1919 in Abo and then they hired me after him. He worked for 10 cents an hour. I started to work in 1940 for the Santa Fe Railroad. Then my brother Elfido worked in here. We both worked together in Scholle, Belen. ... Show Keywords:
13	Title: You Fed Them And You Fed Them Well Author(s): Martina Brazil Franklin (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Martina Brazil Franklin remembers her father, a prominent local sheepman, and growing up in the village of Scholle, New Mexico. My father Joe Brazil came to this country from the Azore Islands when he was 16. His father had preceded him and gone to California. My father came with a sister, Maria, and two brothers and they went on to California and lived there for a long time.... Show Keywords:
14	Title: They Used To Steal The Comanchita And Take Her To One Of The Reyes’ Houses Author(s): Polly Sisneros (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Polly Sisneros recalls the dances and religious celebrations and ceremonies that occurred in Scholle and the surrounding areas. They used to have parties! That was a party town. Oh my God! My dad worked in this pool hall. That’s how come we came to Scholle, because Mr. Brazil wanted my dad to manage the pool hall. They used to have the dances there on a big ol’ patio be... Show Keywords:
15	Title: They Literally Danced All Night And Went Home In The Morning Author(s): Richard Spencer (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Richard Spencer talks about how the community of Eastview functioned during his grandfather’s time and the importance of local churches and schools. Shawn: What do you know about the community of Eastview or Cienegita or Cienega back in your grandfather’s time? What kind of community was it? Was it mostly a farming and ranching community with the mills there? Richard: Yeah, and again, if you... Show Keywords:
16	Title: Life At the Sais Crusher Author(s): Bill Huckabay (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Bill Huckabay talks about life at the Sais Crusher where his father worked for the railroad overseeing quarry operations. My dad was working as civil engineer for the railroad, and it was his job to make sure the contractor was doing what they were supposed to do at the crusher. My friend Albert McNeil’s dad (Louis McNeil) was the superintendent for the contracting co... Show Keywords:
17	Title: They Couldn’t Make Enough Money With The Cows That They Had Author(s): Al Padilla and Joe Padilla (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Al and Joe Padilla describe being on their family’s homestead and the diverse ways people made a living. Joe: See, my dad did all kinds of work. My dad worked for the railroad. He worked for that Sais Crusher, and also on construction of US 60 there. And the reason for that is because they couldn’t make enough money with the cows that they had. For so... Show Keywords:
18	Title: There’s What I Call A Triangular System Of Compadrasco Author(s): Francisco Sisneros (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Francisco Sisneros discusses his family who settled in the Abo area in the mid-nineteenth century. The family moved from Casa Colorada on the Rio Grande up to the area of El Arroyo Colorado north of the Abo ruins in about 1854. Somewhere in between, during the time of the Civil War, we know that they were at La Salada, the area south of Abo. We do... Show Keywords:
19	Title: A Hundred And Fifty Dollars For A Section! Author(s): Sylvestre Sisneros (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Sylvestre Sisneros talks about the way his family homesteaded south of Abo ruins during the Depression. Okay, there was about five sections south of Abo near Chupadero Mesa that they couldn’t dispose of it under the original Homestead Act (which only allowed 160 acres), because the land didn’t have any water. It was good grazing, but it was far ou... Show Keywords:
20	Title: A Lot Of Our Neighbors Were The Original Homesteaders In That Area Author(s): Dorothy Cole (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Dorothy Cole remembers the era of pinto bean farming around Mountainair in first half of the twentieth century. A lot of our neighbors were the original homesteaders in that area. They stayed through the whole bean field thing. Bill Rogers, he and Vernie Wells, they lasted longer at dryland farming than anybody did, up until probably ’75 or ’76. After the ... Show Keywords:
21	Title: The First Hispanic Telegraph Operator Author(s): Felix Gabaldon (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Felix Gabaldon talks about being the first Hispanic to work in a depot on the Santa Fe Railway in eastern New Mexico. My first job was in Abo, about three weeks, maybe, and then I bumped somebody in Mountainair. I was there three, four years, then I went to Fort Sumner, worked there another maybe six, seven months. From Fort Sumner, I went to Roswell then to Dexter.... Show Keywords:
22	Title: He Had Ten Wagons When He Came To New Mexico Author(s): Richard Spencer (Author); Shawn Kelley (Oral Historian); William Penner (Editor) Richard discusses how his grandfather, B. B. Spencer, came to New Mexico and started the first sawmill in the Manzano area. As far as I know, he was the first Anglo that got here and he started the first mill in the area. The Kaysers, I think, were close behind him or right about that same time. He brought a boiler for the mill through Oklahoma to White Oaks. Supposedly i... Show Keywords:
23	Title: February 7 Source(s): They Called Me King Tiger: My Struggle for the Land and Our Rights Author(s): Reies López Tijerina (Author); José Gutiérrez (Translator) In the 1960s, Reies López Tijerina organized the northern New Mexico descendants of original land grantees to recover their rights to the land. February 7 Hoping to finalize the resolution, I made my seventh trip to Santa Fe today. I brought warriors from throughout the state: Tierra Amarilla, Canjilon, Coyote, Española, Taos, Las Vegas, Tecolote, Chilili, Santa Rosa, Bernalillo, Cuba de... Show Keywords:

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