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FUN QUILTING FACTS ● “Quilt” is derived from the Latin word culcita, which means “stuffed sack.” ● The earliest depiction of quilting was discovered in Egypt; it was an ivory figurine of a pharaoh wearing quilted clothing, ca. 3400 BC. ● Quilted clothing was popular in Europe, especially under chain-mail armor for soldiers. It kept the metal from rusting and kept the knights comfy under all their heavy gear. ● European settlers brought quilting to the Americas, and the earliest-known quilt made in America is from 1704. ● During the expansion into the Western United States, quilts were used as window coverings, doors, and walls for temporary Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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housing as well as currency for pioneers. ● “Quilting bees” originated in the midwest United States during the 1800s, where a lack of neighbors and a need for socializing drew women together to finish quilts and make new friends. ● Most quilts are built with squares, ranging from 8” x 8" to 16” x 16" (20 cm x 20 cm to 40 cm x 40 cm). ● A quilt is made of three layers: a quilt top, batting, and a bottom layer. The top and bottom layers are made of fabrics stitched together. Batting (usually made of cotton or something similar) is insulation that makes the quilt warm. ● There are three basic types of quilts: plain, or whole cloth quilts; appliqué quilts; and patchwork quilts. ● Whole cloth quilts use single pieces of fabric on both the top and the bottom.

Cords or stitching are used to make a design on the fabric. ● An applique quilt has a top layer made of a single layer of fabric with additional pieces stitched on top. It was more popular with wealthier quilters, since nicer fabric had to be purchased and more time was spent adding intricate detail. ● Patchwork quilts were common in areas where women had few resources to make them. Using leftover fabric from earlier projects, old clothing, or other cheap materials was very common. ● A “summer quilt” doesn’t have batting inside, making the blanket lighter and more suitable for warmer temperatures. ● In the 19th century, it was customary in certain parts of the United States to have a girl make a selection of quilts before she got engaged. Twelve would be made for Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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everyday use, and one be used to show off her quilting skills and be placed on the bed she would share with her husband. ● Even though the sewing machine was invented in 1790, hand-quilting was still more popular for the next 100 years. ● Quilting became popular again in the 1960s, when the counterculture movement encouraged people to get back to their early, industrial roots. ● In 1971, Jonathan Holstein opened the first quilt exhibition in a major museum.

It was entitled, "Abstract Design in American Quilts" and helped launch the craft into a realm of appreciation and criticism it had not known before. ● The “crazy quilt” was introduced during Victorian times. In order to showcase their wealth, high-brow women would use expensive fabrics, like velvet or silk, and brightly colored thread to make quilts.

They were intended to be admired as art, not used for warmth or protection. ● The most expensive quilt ever sold was a Civil War-era piece purchased for $254,000 in 1991—the equivalent of $470,230 in 2018 dollars. ● While quilting has traditionally been a female activity, some men in the United States military spent time quilting in order to pass the time while enlisted. ● Many quilts made by military soldiers were known as “convalescent quilts,” since soldiers did quilting work while recuperating after being wounded in the line of duty. ● Some military quilts are made up of 25,000 different pieces, since fabric was scarce on the front lines.

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● There are fewer than 100 military quilts worldwide, since many were not preserved after the wars during which they were made. ● The largest patchwork quilt was made in 2000 and measured 270,174 square feet That’s more than 54 times the square footage of the White House! ● Dedicated quilters usually spend an average of $3,363 on quilting supplies per year. ● Beginner quilters spend an average of 6.9 hours a week on their craft. Advanced quilters spend around 17.6 hours. ● Dedicated quilters spend almost 8 hours online per week visiting quilting sites and groups centered on quilting techniques, supplies, and news. ● Quilting was a $3.7 billion industry in 2017.

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andelion has been used throughout history to treat everything from liver problems and kidney disease to heartburn and appendicitis.

Every part of this common weed – from the roots to the blossoms – is edible. It’s a good thing too, as the humble dandelion is bursting with vitamins A, B, C and D, as well as minerals such as iron, potassium and zinc.

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which is vital for strengthening bones and preventing cognitive decline. ●

A 2011 study showed that dandelion root tea may induce leukemia cells to die.

Researchers reported that the tea didn’t send the same ‘kill’ message to healthy cells.

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The plant is a diuretic that helps the kidneys clear out waste, salt and excess water by increasing urine production – perhaps the reason that European children’s lore claims you will wet the bed if you pick the flowers!

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With such a rich nutrient load, the plant is filled with antioxidants – which may help stave off premature aging, cancer, and other illnesses caused by oxidative stress.

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Animal studies discovered that dandelion root and leaf manages cholesterol levels.

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Research also shows that dandelion extract boosts immune function and fights off microbes.

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Dandelion can also help the digestive system according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Fresh or dried dandelion can stimulate the appetite and settle the stomach while the root of the plant may act as a mild laxative.

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Enjoy increased well being by using this herbal vinegar on salads, in dressings, soups, stews and sauces or by simply mixing with water and drinking as a revitalizing tonic. Infuse dandelion flowers in apple cider vinegar for four weeks, strain and store in a dark place for up to twelve months. These steps outline how to make the infusion.

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DISCOVER TULAROSA 1863 to 2020

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orseFeathers Gallery is closed to walk-in customers during this virus shutdown, but we’re still here and available to our loyal customers by phone and through our Facebook page. We can ship direct to you, make no-contact deliveries locally; and we offer layaways, holds and gift certificates as well.

Mother’s Day is always a great opportunity to show our appreciation and love for those special Moms and Grandmas in our lives and this year should be no exception. BUT - instead of giving her flowers that wilt and die, or candy that she shares with the kids and grand kids - how about gifting her with something that will last for years and remind her every day of your love for her?

The Gallery is full of wonderful gift ideas for everyone and you can check our photos on Facebook to see a sampling of what we offer, but at this time we would like to feature our Wood artists.

What’s more lasting, even permanent, than a piece of wood?! These artists are all from the surrounding area, which makes it even easier to fulfill custom orders - a personal service you just can’t get from the “big box” stores!

We also carry Ironwood Carvings from Mexico, and Hopi and Navajo carved Kachinas. Of course we always have a wide selection of our traditional Mexican Rustic Furniture, including a new line of furniture made by the Tarahumara Indians from the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico.

We’re locally owned, most of our artists are local, and we are proud to serve and support our local communities.

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Elmer and Mike Sakala of Creative Mountain Woodwork, are from Alamogordo and Cloudcroft and work from their shop in the Sacramento Mountains. This father and son duo are self-taught wood artists and create bowls, wall hangings, band-saw boxes and furniture from all types of wood. They love to take a piece of wood and an idea and see where it leads them!

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Steve Parra of Steve’s Woodworking Shop in Alamogordo is a retired service member from the Army and White Sands Missile Range. He took up woodworking as a hobby and is now creating beautiful Intarsia Wood Art. Intarsia is a woodworking technique using varied shapes, sizes and species of wood to create a mosaic picture - like painting with wood!

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Tom Wood is from San Patricio - “San Patricio Artisans” and specializes in creating Hickory furniture, many with cowhide and leather accents. His furniture is made to last for generations - “Forever” family pieces!

Hector Aguilar – “Rough Stick by Hector” is from Ruidoso and has been creating furniture from aged cholla cactus wood for over 20 years. The Gallery utilizes many of his display pieces in our front window and throughout the store, as well as various sizes and shapes of tables and benches combining the cholla with redwood, red fir, and other woods.

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Cathie Eisen is from Nogal, and now has a shop in Carrizozo – “Running Horse Designs”. She’s a transplant from “back east” who followed her heart West as a teenager and ended up in New Mexico. She does leather work and clay as well as wood and is also a published writer. The Gallery is currently featuring her carved wood plaques depicting petroglyph figures, local animals, and sayings. Custom orders are her specialty!

Joli and Chris Lee – “Lee’s Laser Arts” – are Tularosa residents, both retired teachers, and Chris is also retired Air Force. They have combined their artistic talents to create several forms of laser-engraved Wood Boxes and Pocket Mirrors that are some of our best selling items. They also do engraved glassware, art glass, dichroic glass jewelry, and beautiful painted silk scarves. Custom orders are possible in any of these art forms and most pieces can be personalized as well.

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There are 200,000 Americans estimated to currently be afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia. It doesn’t seem that almost 10 years have passed since I was in the throes of ending my journey as a caretaker for the man with whom I had shared 37 years. He had vascular dementia.

Fifty years of cigarette smoking had caused a buildup of plaque in his left carotid artery and blocked the flow of blood to his brain.

Surgery, we learned over time, could not save him.

During the last 6 months of his life, I wrote short stories of the experiences that took place. If it were not for these writings, I would have forgotten many of the episodes.

At the time, it was the way I eased my anxieties, not realizing it would be useful later on as a reminding record of the emotional ordeal. Because so many people are involved with this unfortunate disease, I am sharing my experience with the hope that it will help ease the pain and confusion so many now are experiencing, have experienced, or may experience in the future.

I will forever be grateful to my sister and brother-in-law, Ellen and Charles Spoon, and so many others, for the support and generosity that helped me get through the most difficult ordeal of my life.

BEGINNING:

THE WINDS OF CHANGE

By Julie Lloyd I refused to look back at the house that I had called home for over thirty years. My jaw set firm, muscles tensed, and tears held back, I looked straight ahead. I didn’t want to see, for what I felt was the last time, the line of Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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trees just beginning to bud that lined the roadway. I didn’t want to remember when Jim and I had planted them as saplings, tended them, watching them through the years as they grew, sending their spreading limbs out over the drive.

I didn’t want to feel the extra pain of leaving them. Charles, my brother-in-law, drove his vehicle slowly, dodging the ruts that had developed in the graveled driveway that Jim used to keep so well-groomed. He pulled out the open gate and headed toward the highway in the distance.

Jim’s familiar voice called softly, “Where’s Julie?”

I answered, “I’m here, Jim. Julie is right here.” I patted his leg automatically to comfort him. “I’m Julie. I’m your wife.”

“No, you’re not Julie,” he said with conviction. “Where did she go? I want to know why Julie isn’t here.” He paused before plaintively asking, “Isn’t she coming with me?”

Tears brimmed in my eyes but I kept my voice strong. “It’s all right, dear. Don’t worry. Julie will be with you. She will take care of you.” The words appeased him and he sat quietly. A puff of wind lifted powdered dust from the roadside and blew it across the road as Charles pulled the vehicle onto the two-lane asphalt highway.

It was that moment that I knew my life would never be the same again.

Much as I hated leaving behind my hometown, my home, and the seventy-three years of everything familiar to me, I was sure this was the only way to be close to family and get the medical help Jim needed.

The doctor’s words echoed in my mind.

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is reversing its flow to the brain. Where the artery branches, the blood is blocked to his left arm. There is no place in this local area where the necessary surgery can be done. Is there a convenient city you can go where there this kind of surgery is available?”

My mind had swirled at the news and I thought of family members who lived in or near cities where medical help was possible.

My thoughts settled on my sister who lived the closest. I asked the doctor, “Would Lubbock have hospitals that could take care of him?”

“Yes, they do, ” he said, nodding his head affirmatively. “In fact, I knew a surgeon there who took good care of a patient of mine about five years ago. If he is still there, I will refer you to him.”

Jim shifted his weight next to me, immediately bringing my focus back to the present. Through the windshield, I saw another wave of dust coming across an open field ahead. Suddenly I felt that Jim and I were being blown away to another existence.

Relaxing my tense body, I leaned a bit forward, sadly allowing my mind to accept where these winds of change would take us.

As the miles melted away, I let my mind go back to the first time I was truly aware that something was wrong. Something was very definitely wrong.

It had started on a morning at 5:45 a.m. in early April. Jim didn’t know why we were getting up so early or why we had to get lab tests done at the hospital. We made it through dressing and not eating or drinking anything before the tests. When we started to leave, I told him that I would drive. “No. I can drive,” he said. Before we reached the highway, he asked, “What car do you drive?”

“I drive this one,” I replied. “We both drive this one.”

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He asked, “Why do you drive this one?”

“Because it’s the only car we have,” I told him.

“This is mine and Julie’s car." he replied.

Without looking at me, he asked, "Who are you?”

By this time he had turned onto the highway. Several miles down the road, halfway to La Luz, he braked the car and pulled onto the shoulder.

“What’s wrong?” I asked in alarm.

“Nothing,” he said. “I just want to know what’s going to happen?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean that I want to know what’s going to happen.”

“Well, for one thing, you’re going to get hit or hit somebody if you keep this up.”

“No, I’m well off the road. But, what’s going to happen? And, where’s Julie?”

“I’m Julie,” I said. “This is me. I’m you’re wife.”

“No, you’re not,” he insisted. “And, you’ve been lying to me. You’ve been conning me. Now, what’s going on? Where are we going?”

I tried explaining again the situation and he pulled back on the road. When he passed the traffic light on Scenic Drive, I asked if he planned to turn down Indian Wells.

“I don’t know where I’m going to turn.

Why don’t you tell me what’s going on?”

By this time, my heart was beating triple time and I thought if I didn’t have high blood pressure already, this would give it to me.

The traffic light at Indian Wells was green and he went straight down the highway.

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“You just passed Indian Wells. That’s where you need to turn to get to the hospital.”

I tried to keep my voice calm, but it wasn’t easy. “Turn down one of these side streets and we can get back on the right road.”

When he didn’t listen, the panic emerged. I yelled, “Turn down this street, that street, any street! Just turn onto one of these streets!”

Something worked because he turned. He drove east until he came to Florida. I tried to have him turn left to get back on Indian Wells, but he kept going straight. “We can even stop at the doctor’s office if you want,” I said, hoping the suggestion might help. It didn’t.

“Why go to the doctor. He’s in on this conspiracy, too. In fact, he started it.”

Finally, at Oregon, he had to make a turn.

As it happened, there is a park on Oregon and he pulled into one of the convenient pull-ins.

He was driving very slowly, so I opened the door and told him to stop.

“I’m getting out here and I will walk,” I demanded.

He saw that I was getting out, so he slowed to a stop. I walked up on the grass to an old metal picnic table and sat down to catch my breath and let my heart rest a moment. Then I started walking down a pathway toward the end of the park. He finally drove back onto Oregon, then to Indian Wells, before turning right toward the mountains.

That was when I pulled the cell phone from my purse and called the doctor’s office.

It was too early for his office hours, so I dialed 911.

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stopped him. He talked to him a while, got him out of the car, got him to hand over his keys, then brought him to where the other officer stood with me. They said they would help get Jim to the hospital. One officer would take Jim; the other would take me.

When the officer with Jim drove around the corner, the other asked if I could drive. I said that I could, so he handed me the keys.

“You drive to the hospital and I’ll follow you. That way, you’ll have the car when you’re through.”

The rest of the procedure went smoothly.

I didn’t know what the officer told him, but Jim was quite mild from then on. I vividly recalled that this day didn’t go very well and I was glad it was over. Once again at home, I felt almost safe again but knew this is just the beginning and had I no clue what loomed ahead.

For sure, I thought, I will not…repeat, will not…be getting in a car again with Jim as the driver. His driving is bad enough, but these episodes with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or whatever is more than I care to experience again.

Story continues next edition

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THE HANDYMAN

By Junior Thurman, Artesia

Okay folks, somethings gotta give......we’ve been cooped up at home too dang long. Yep, hate to say it, but, here it is, my wife tried to kill me this morning. Yes, I know, many of you were under the impression she was just a sweet old lady....Ha....I never even saw it coming. Usually there are signs revealing her homicidal tendencies, but, I was totally caught by surprise this time.

Last night after I’d gone to bed, my wife washed the dishes and stopped up the drain in the kitchen sink. On one of my unscheduled trips to the bathroom, she informed me, in her usual accusing manner, “The sink stopped up and water ran over into the floor,” she said, glaring at me as if I’d set a trap for her.....”Don’t worry, I got the mess cleaned up, we can work on it in the morning!”

We? Ha. She’s talking about me. But, back to bed, I had a little trouble slumbering peacefully, but, I somehow managed to doze off.

Up and at it the next morning I decided to check the trap underneath the sink, a simple job, after two hours of unloading all the junk stacked underneath the sink to get to the trap. Nope it wasn’t the trap. Dang, it’s Saturday, a plumber’s going rate on weekdays costs just a little less than a surgeons fee for a lobotomy, (a two hour Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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minimum). I’d hate to have to pay the overtime rate for weekends.

Here’s where I got in trouble, I innocently recruited my wife to help with the attempted repair. I decided to drag the water hose into the kitchen, run it up the drain as far as it would go, then, turn on the pressure. Yes, my wife would be “trusted” to handle the spigot. I’d have a good hold on the water hose, lying on my tummy, halfway under the sink. A little tight but I had wedged myself in. It had been several years and several pounds ago since I’d been under the sink.

But, ha, a piece of cake, a little water pressure and the pesky clog would head downstream. I’d seen it on “U-Tube.” Who needs plumbers?

I gave the signal, “Okay, turn it on!” I yelled. A pause and then the waterworks......full stream......coming back at me...

“Turn it off,” I yelled, water was going everywhere, “Turn it oppphhh, I yelled several times, almost drowning, banging my head against the cabinet doors trying to escape, attempting to control the direction of the water hose....obviously the sock I had wrapped around the hose didn’t hold, “Turn it off,” I gurgled, “What,” she hollered, obviously pretending she couldn’t understand me. Mercifully, she finally decided to turn the water off when she saw me float past the kitchen back door, dog paddling, trying to catch my breath, but still obviously taking her own sweet time in a final desperate attempt to finish me off. I think I went under twice. A lesser man probably wouldn’t have made it.

Well, we finally got it, when I say we, I mean my son and I, seeing my handyman abilities, and get up and go about played out, my wife had mercifully called him. (I had promptly, and justly, fired her after the fiasco, along with a few reprimands). My son, John came over and with a plumbers snake, we unclogged the line, saving the plumbers fee. I was elated to know I wouldn’t be paying the plumbers monthly payment on his new jet boat. Just another day in the life of a cooped up “handyman.” Now where’d that mop go?

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Funny Mother's Day Quotes Give Mom a Mother’s Day chuckle with these fun quotes that celebrate the humor in motherhood. These funny Mother's Day quotes will have you both laughing because chances are your sense of humor came from Mom. ● "If you have a child, you're improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies." — Sarah Jessica Parker ● "Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease."

— Lisa Alther ● "I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then, I want to move in with them." — Phyllis Diller

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● "Did you know, when kids go to bed, you can hear yourself think again? I sound fabulous." — Paige Kellerman ● "Always remember where you put your kid. Don't let your kid drive until their feet can reach the pedals. Use the right size diapers...for yourself. And, when in doubt, make funny faces." — Amy Poehler ● "24/7. Once you sign on to be a mother, that's the only shift they offer." — Jody Picoult ● "People who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one." — Leo Burke ● "You go through big chunks of time where you're just thinking, 'This is impossible, oh, this is impossible.' And then you just keep going and keep going, and you sort of do the impossible." — Tina Fey ● "My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it." — Mark Twain ● The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found. – Calvin Trillin ● "I ALWAYS SAY IF YOU AREN'T YELLING AT YOUR KIDS, YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ENOUGH TIME WITH THEM." – REESE WITHERSPOON ● "I've conquered a lot of things ... blood clots in my lungs — twice ... knee and foot surgeries ... winning Grand Slams being down match point ... to name just a few, but I found out by far the hardest is figuring out a stroller!" – Serena Williams

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Taurus Monthly Horoscope May, 2020

Assert control over emotion. Keep calm and don’t immediately share your joys with your neighbors because they are envious. You will be pleased with the results achieved on a personal level, which also brings assurance into your future as professionals. You may experience difficult times ahead of you, so better arm with patience. Those of you who have made their mind about trip can do it.

You need to appraise the situation in your own way and your own time, do not intend to be hurried by anyone into making a move before you are ready. You will feel in a strong enough position to be able to making certain future plans. The moment is unfavorable for earning money. You’re looking ahead to favorable changes or news related to your personal life. Don’t be greedy.

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LOVE You are just going to have to feel what you feel now, as you realize a close personal relationship is in need of a change in order for it to remain fresh and alive, but to get to this stage, you first have to acknowledge a few things about certain emotions you have been trying to ignore. The current planetary aspect indicates you are thinking very carefully about your feelings. You are impatient and think of insignificant things, so mistakes are possible. Do not be fooled by the complaints of the people around you and do not help if they have not personally asked you to do so. The current astral energy may disrupt some of your best-laid plans, but there could be a very good reason for this. Now is not the time to think about changes in your life. Careful analysis of what is going on during this period will help you gain extra benefit for yourself. Don’t make travel plans.

Do not give in to reckless proposals.

CAREER

Those we have loved will live on in our hearts and memories Otero Crematory Center is dedicated in providing compassionate care for pets at the end of life, and supporting their humans during this difficult process of transition. We believe in the unique power of the human-animal bond, and we treat every animal we work with exactly how we would want our own beloved companion animals to be treated - with sensitivity, respect, and gentleness.

We know that the death of a pet can be a terrible loss - we hope that our services can help you and your family during this difficult time. Offering transportation of your pet ,cremation & burial services.

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Don’t overdo your claims at work and take up your tasks seriously. If possible, it may be best to wait until you have cooled down a little before taking another step. You need to be more pro-active and especially flexible in order to avoid failure. Now you may feel quite emotional, but you are lacking a sense of clarity. If you need to travel, finish your tasks first. Positive changes are possible if you anatomize your actions and are careful in your words. If you have loaned someone money recently, some of it could be returned to you soon. You may feel as though you are balancing on the edge of a precipice but you can take swift action to make a change and you can do so in such a way that what transpires actually improves your life for the better. Someone may be in the mood to try and persuade you to go along with some very appealing plans, and you could be sorely tempted to follow blindly. Be responsible, especially now.

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The emerald has a meaning as a stone that brings luck, improve communication skills.

This stone will change color to pale as a warning to the owner if there is something bad will happen.

In astrology, emerald is a gemstone for people born in the month of May and is suitable for those who have Cancer and Taurus zodiac.They prefer worn Emerald as they wedding ring because it their birthstone.

It symbolize sensitivity, love, romance,faith and has ability to help mental problem.

Emerald is the most valuable stone in beryl families and very popular in the world. It’s a high-class stone. Emerald is precious stone with green color that always use as engagement rings which has the meaning of harmony and loyalty.

Emerald meaning was popular since ancient time,they believe it will help them in any condition. Here some properties of this precious stone; â—? Love stone. Emerald keep up the continuity of relationships lovers,keeping of infidelity,increase trust between partners.

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● Lucky stone or good luck stone carrier, Emerald will Attracting wealth to its owner. ● Stone of protection and safety. It is believe as warning stone. ● Intelligence stone. Emerald able to increase skills in terms of communication and diplomatic owners. Help strengthen the memory owner, Increase the power of thought and creativity. Stimulates clear vision and understanding. Help overcome the lack of perception and inner clarity. ● Peacefulness stone. Aura of the Emerald stone believe to create an atmosphere of cool, safe and comfortable, as well as maintaining physical fitness and spiritual.

Eliminate negative energy and turn it into positive emotional energy. Restore confidence and hope.

As forecasting Stone. Emerald will help increase intuition .Help to predict the future.

Emerald is one of the best stone use for healing . It will help; ● Improve function of the organ of vision ● Help cure eyes inflammation ● Beautify the skin ● Useful for neurological diseases ● Relieves influenza ● Eliminate ulcers ● Lowering high blood pressure ● Dysentery ● Fever and anemia ● Overcome the problems in the liver (liver), cardiovascular system, adrenal glands, kidneys, diseases of the head, and help the digestive system.

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How much did it Cost to Find Billy the Kid?

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illiam Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, has a firm place in American history. Legend has it that before he turned 21, he had killed 21 people - the byproduct of being a major player in a turbulent battle between competing cattle empires in southeast New Mexico Territory.

Like many legends before and after him, Billy the Kid was hunted by the U.S. Marshals. They spent many long hours in the process. The year was 1881, but just like in present time, these lawmen still had to eat, sleep and buy supplies.

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eventually killed July 14, 1881, by Lincoln County (New Mexico) Sheriff Pat Garrett. On Nov. 20, 1882, U.S. Marshal John Sherman Jr. wrote Attorney General Benjamin Harris Brewster a seven-page letter. Sherman was writing from law offices in Washington, D.C., on a matter of payment. Part of the letter reads as follows: Voucher 1, $375.00, is for the subsistence of my deputies, and posse, and hire of horses with forage for the same. This expense was incurred in the arrest of William Bonny (sic), known as "Billy the Kid, " charged with murder and passing counterfeit money; also for the arrest of an accomplice by the name of Rudebaugh. This man Bonny was a most notorious character. Large rewards had been offered for his arrest by the Territorial authorities, and frequent attempts made to capture him. He was finally captured by my deputy, lodged in jail, and afterwards shot by Deputy Garrett in attempting to escape. The whole expense in making this arrest was $1.072.00, all of which has been allowed by accounting officers with the exception of $375.00, which they say is in the nature of an extraordinary expense, and requires your approval before it can be allowed.

In this case, as with many similar instances, Sherman's request for the additional reimbursement was disallowed because the original payments were already settled.

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The Rio Grande Gorge Spanish conquistadores discovered the mouth of the Rio Grande River in 1519. In the next 100 years, they founded some of the earliest North American settlements along its banks.

These explorers named the river El Río Grande, or ‘the Great River.’ However, it has been called many other names. The Pueblo people called it Posoge, or P’Osoge, ‘big river.’

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Shipwrecked British sailors crossed it in 1568 and called it ‘the River of May.’ Various Spaniards and Mexicans named it El Río de Nuestra Señora (‘river of our lady’), El Río Guadalquivir, El Río Bravo, El Río del Norte, and El Río Turbio (‘turbulent river’).

On a map dated 1700, it appears as El Río del Norte y de Nuevo México.

This river of many names, or at least the section that runs through northern New Mexico, is not a typical river that has carved out its own valley. Rather, the valley appeared first and the river followed. This ‘rift valley’ is a separation in the earth’s crust caused by faulting and other earth movements when the North American and Pacific plates scraped against each other some twenty-nine million years ago.

The Rio Grande Rift is not just the canyon, or gorge, that holds the river, but an area of more than 160,000 square miles reaching from central Colorado almost to Big Bend National Park in Texas. Taos Plateau is part of this ‘rift system’ and lies in the San Luis Basin, which is nearly a hundred miles long and about forty-seven miles wide. The San Luis Basin is one of four major basins created by the faulting and volcanic energy.

Some scientists believe that several million years from now the Rio Grande Rift may become an ocean. If that should happen, Taos County residents will have both mountain and ocean views!

As pressures from the scraping plates caused the earth’s crust to crinkle, Colorado and New Mexico rose nearly 5,000 feet.

Basaltic magma surged upward from the mantle, forcing weaker areas of the surface to spread. All of this faulting and mountainbuilding activity was accompanied by volcanic eruptions and lava flows. One eruption formed Capulin Mountain National Monument, a cinder cone east of Taos. Faultenclosed basins called grabens dropped several thousand feet lower than adjacent Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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land. Blocks of the earth’s crust fell into some of these grabens, deepening them. Sediments including sand, gravel, volcanic lava, and ash filled the grabens to depths of four and a half miles in some places.

Meanwhile, the Sangre de Cristo Range rose to the east and the San Juans to the northwest. The Rio Grande, then a stream trickling down from near present-day Leadville, Colorado, flowed into four basins forming a 340-mile-long line between the river’s headwaters and the vicinity of Socorro, New Mexico. Today, the four basins-the Upper Arkansas, San Luis, Española, and Albuquerque Basins-range in length from about 50 to 150 miles, with an average width of 30 miles.

Several of New Mexico’s early pueblos are believed to have experienced earthquakes as the rift continued to develop. Some of the earliest people, the Clovis and the Folsom, may have witnessed volcanic eruptions some ten to twelve thousand years ago. Occasional mild earthquakes continue today.

The heat from ongoing geologic activity shows up in hot springs along the Rio Grande, including Ojo Caliente, or ‘Hot Eye,’ southwest of Taos. Native Americans enjoyed soaking in these springs, just as do New Mexicans and tourists today. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, prospectors and miners flocked to New Mexico attracted by deposits of gold, silver, lead, copper, zinc, and molybdenum that rose from deep in the earth as super-hot, mineral-rich solutions along the Rio Grande Rift.

The Rio Grande is among the longest twenty-five rivers in the world and the fourth or fifth longest in North America.

Story courtesy of DiscoverNewMexico.com

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Billy the Kid In Silver City In early April of 1873, the Antrim family arrived in Silver City, NM and acquired a cabin in town. Billy's stepfather, Bill Antrim, found work as a carpenter and a butcher, but spent most of his time prospecting in the hills and gambling. Money was tight, so Billy's mother, Catherine, took in boarders, had a laundry service, and sold homemade pies and cakes. As for her boys, they attended school and played with the other local children. The Antrim home was a popular hang out for the town children who would beeline for the cabin after school for snacks and to play games.

Billy's childhood friends remembered him affectionately: Chauncey Truesdell “Henry was only a small boy, small for his age and kind of skinny.” Louis Abraham, “He was just an ordinary boy, I don’t remember him doing anything bad, he was just a little mischievous." Anthony Conner Jr., “We were Story continues page 38 Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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just boys together. I never remember Billy doing anything out of the way, anymore than the rest of us. Billy got to be quite a reader.

He would scarcely have his dishes washed, until he would be sprawled out somewhere reading a book."

Many of the Silver City childhood friends said Billy was about twelve years old when he arrived in Silver City in 1873, and this correlates with the Coe cousins' claim that Billy was about seventeen during the Lincoln County War (1878), and Lily Casey's remark that Billy was barley sixteen in November of 1877 when the Casey clan first encountered him. Lastly, a foreman, H.F Smith, at Hooker ranch in 1877, hired Billy for his short stint as a ranch hand, and would recall, "He (Billy) said he was seventeen, though he didn’t look to be fourteen." Billy desperate for work and like all typical young teens made himself older then he was, but his physical appearance proved otherwise. Then there is that reporter in December of 1880, that wrote ".....looking like a school boy, with the traditional silky fuzz on his upper lip," sounds more like a teen still blooming, then a young man go on 21. So, with all that said, this indicates Billy "may" have been born around 1860-61, making his age of death about nineteen or twenty.

In 1874, Catherine would lose her battle with Tuberculosis and her sons would be separated and place in the care of other families. In 1875, Billy, about 14 years old, was earning his keep at the Star Hotel and living at Mrs. Brown’s boarding house, when he got caught up in theft. First, he stole several pounds of butter to sell for money, but got busted. Billy got reprimanded by the Sheriff and there is no record of him stealing again, but he did take possession of stolen items.

Billy had become chummy with George Schaefer, alias Sombrero Jack, who was a thief, drunk and gambler and no doubt a bad influence on the impressionable boy.

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Sombrero Jack had stolen a bundle of laundry from a Chinese launderer and since the Kid had no decent clothing, he gave the bundle to him. Mrs. Brown discovered the bundle hidden in a trunk in the Kid’s room and reported him to the sheriff. The Kid was arrested and locked in jail. The city newspaper, The Grant County Herald, printed the story: “It’s believed that Henry was simply the tool of Sombrero Jack, who done the actual stealing whilst Henry done the hiding. Jack has since skinned out.”

It wasn't long before Billy escaped jail and fled Silver City himself. Unfortunately, Billy thought he was in bigger trouble then he really was and if he stayed another day, the Sheriff would've released him. The Sheriff only intended to scare Billy straight, but it backfired. The moment he left Silver City, young Billy started his career as an outlaw.

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"PRECIOUS METALS" Story by Junior Therman, Artesia

Never underestimate the amount of money to be made in precious metals. We save all our aluminum cans, and for the last few years we've given them to a business man in Artesia who then gave them to a worthy non-profit organization. Well, he closed his business, and we accumulated several large bags of aluminum cans. I think New Mexico is rated in the top ten for beer consumption, and litter bugs, explaining the availability of aluminum cans. My daughter and I gathered cans on our daily walks.

"We need to get rid of these cans" my wife told me, hmm, I think "Artesia Metals" buys aluminum, a business in our hometown, Artesia, NM. I knew the place, never had bought or sold anything to em, but, hey, maybe a little cash for my pocket.

Huh...we help clean up the streets in our city and get paid for it.

I loaded the bags up in my little truck, hit the road with dreams of a weekend in the pines with the aluminum can profit, maybe a shot at big winnings in the Casinos. This could be the beginning of a very profitable side job for this retiree, a chance to add to the coffer. Could be, those people I'd seen gathering cans in the bar ditches along the hiway were a little smarter'n I thought.

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I pulled into the place, a huge barn-like structure with offices up front. Unfamiliar with the place, I squeezed into a back door, found the office, and was redirected to the other end of the barn. I found the guy, a friendly, guy, Will..

"Will," I said, "how much you givin for aluminum cans?"

"The price is down, it's only thirty cents a pound, went down yesterday." That's about right, I've always had bad timing, the price coulda been thirty dollars a pound yesterday, but unfortunately, the bottom fell out. However, I think Will may have thought he was dealing with a pushover, still wet behind the ears, he obviously had not heard about my reputation as a shrewd businessman.

"Well, Will," I said, "I'm gonna need a little more than that for these cans, or I'm gonna have to walk, this ain't my first rodeo."

"Hmm," Will said, eying me a little more respectfully, "you might as well load em back in your truck then and head for Roswell, that's the closest place to sell em. But, hey, enjoy your trip."

Oh well, he was a likeable guy, besides, taking a trip to Roswell I'd have to miss "Gunsmoke" on TV, Matt Dillon, Miss Kitty, and Festus, so, I had Will weigh me up, give me a ticket, and he directed me back to the office, a place I was now familiar with, for my payout. I handed the ticket to the young female clerk, who eyed me suspiciously, recorded the make and model of my truck, the tag identification, and asked for my drivers license. Ah, ha, maybe Will didn't know, the price may have gone back up, reaching a new high in the last fifteen minutes. Their request for all this info for the sale of some aluminum cans could only mean I was probably gonna walk outta there loaded, maybe needing a security guard.

With all respect, I ask you to please allow my family some privacy while we deal with this unexpected windfall of cash. Like I told my wife, when I got home, "We're rich, grab your coat, let's head for Ruidoso, I sold those aluminum cans for a whopping grand total of three dollars & ninety cents, all we need is a tank of gas and a major credit card. Ha."

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STANTON WAS built in 1855 by soldiers of the 1st Dragoon and the 3rd and 8th Infantry Regiments to serve as a base of operations against the Mescalero Apache Indians.

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It served as a military fortification through 1896. Built of local stone, the sturdy 1855 buildings have lasted to this day. The Fort was named for Captain Henry W. Stanton, killed fighting the Apaches in 1855 near present day Mayhill. Troops marched out from the Fort to search for and fight the Mescalero Indians during numerous Story continues next page Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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campaigns from 1855 until the 1880’s.

The Fort was seized by Confederate forces in 1861. During the occupation, three Rebels were killed by Kiowa Indians while on patrol 50 miles north. After all supplies were moved to Mesilla, the Confederates abandoned the Fort, burning it as they left.

The Fort stood empty for a year, but the stone walls survived and in 1862, New Mexican Volunteer forces under the great frontiersman Kit Carson (now a US Colonel) reoccupied the Fort.

It was the site, in 1862, of a famous shootout between Capt. Paddy Graydon and Army doctor, John Whitlock, over accusations that Graydon had massacred peaceful Indians at Gallinas Springs. Both men died as a result, Whitlock shot 128 times

by Graydon’s rioting troops.

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Bosque Redondo Reservation. Later, it served as the Reservation for the returning Mescaleros until 1873.

The first permanent settlements in southeastern New Mexico developed around the Fort. The isolated region, named Lincoln County, was larger than the State of South Carolina, yet held only a few hundred Anglo and Hispano settlers.

Supplying the Fort offered the only markets for farmers and ranchers. It also afforded protection from hostile Indians for the first settlers along the Bonita, Hondo and Tularosa Rivers and was the center of much of the region’s early social life.

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Fort’s garrison marched out to put down local disturbances that threatened to explode into civil war and in the process the Army determined their outcomes. The first two (the Horrell War and the Tularosa Ditch War) were racial conflicts between Anglo ranchers and Hispano farmers, and the third was the famous Lincoln County War. The Lincoln County War, which cost 3060 lives, was between competing groups trying to monopolize trade with the Fort and therefore Lincoln County’s economy. Each employed gangs of gunmen and behind each group lurked larger interests (the Santa Fe Ring which backed the Murphy-Dolan faction, and John Chisum who supported the Tunstall-McSween group) who helped bankroll the War. The decisive moment of the War came in July, 1878, when Col. N. A. M. Dudley Story continues next page Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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marched six miles from the Fort into Lincoln with his soldiers to support the MurphyDolan faction in a battle for the control of Lincoln. Using a howitzer and Gatling gun to terrorize and run off most of the “Regulators” (Tunstall-McSween faction), Dudley surrounded the town, creating a barrier between most of the “Regulators” and a small remnant trapped in the McSween house.

Dudley then stood by as the Murphy-Dolan forces set the McSween house on fire and shot down those trying to escape, including McSween.

Billy the Kid successfully shot his way out in one of his historic escapes. Governor Lew Wallace (author of Ben Hur) stayed at Fort Stanton during his ultimately successful effort to bring peace to Lincoln County.

The Fort underwent several phases of rebuilding in the 1860’s, 1870’s and 1880’s.

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Can You Solve Them?

1. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I? 2. You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I'm quick when I'm thin and slow when I'm fat. The wind is my enemy.

3. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I? 4. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

5. You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again you don't see a single person on the boat.

Why? 6. What English word has three consecutive double letters?

7. What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?

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Chocolate Makes Us Happy

Many of us turn to chocolate when times are tough and just when we want a sweet treat. Why is that? Of course, it’s sweet and smooth and oh so yummy, but is there more?

There’s a reason chocolate is called the ‘love drug’, the ‘happiness drug’ and the ‘pleasure drug’, and it’s not just about marketing. Chocolate contains numerous ingredients, chemicals and compounds that have been shown to affect the brain and body in a myriad of pleasurable and positive ways.

While the small amounts of each individual chemical in chocolate may not have profound effects on the brain, the combination of them all packaged together in a handy bar or bag, which looks and tastes great and feels like a bit of an indulgence, is a winning combination to produce happy feelings in the eater.

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campaigns. There were also more disturbances among the Mescaleros.

Among those serving at the Fort during this phase of the Indian Wars was Gen John J. (Blackjack) Pershing who was stationed at the Fort twice as a junior officer. His quarters are still standing. Pershing, who eventually commanded the AEF in France during WWI, and became the first five star general, acquired his nickname serving with Black troopers.

By the 1890’s, the Apache threats had receded and the Army’s need for the Fort disappeared and it was closed.

In 1896, with the Mescalero Apache settled on the nearby reservation and the surrounding area bustling with new communities, the Fort was abandoned by the Army and closed.

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n the summer of 1862 I took eight men and invaded Mexican territory. We went south on the west side of the Sierra Madre Mountains for five days; then in the night crossed over to the southern part of the Sierra de Sahuaripa range. Here we again camped to watch for pack trains. About ten o’clock next morning four drivers, mounted, came past our camp with a pack-mule train. As soon as they saw us they rode for their lives, leaving us the booty. This was a long train, and packed with blankets, calico, saddles, tinware, and loaf sugar. We hurried home as fast as we could Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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with these provisions, and on our return while passing through a caĂąon in the Santa Catalina range of mountains in Arizona, met a white man driving a mule pack train. When we first saw him he had already seen us, and was riding at full tilt up the caĂąon. We examined his train and found that his mules were all loaded with cheese. We put them in with the other train and resumed our journey. We did not attempt to trail the driver and I am sure he did not try to follow us.

In two days we arrived at home. Then Mangus-Colorado, our chief, assembled the tribe. We gave a feast, divided the spoils, and danced all night. Some of the pack mules were killed and eaten.

This time after our return we kept out scouts so that we would know if Mexican troops should attempt to follow us.

On the third day our scouts came into camp and reported Mexican cavalry dismounted and approaching our settlement.

All our warriors were in camp. MangusColorado took command of one division and I of the other. We hoped to get possession of their horses, then surround the troops in the mountains, and destroy the whole company.

This we were unable to do, for they, too, had scouts. However, within four hours after we started we had killed ten troopers with the loss of only one man, and the Mexican cavalry was in full retreat, followed by thirty armed Apaches, who gave them no rest until they were far inside the Mexican country. No more troops came that winter.

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went south into Sonora, camping in the Sierra de Sahuaripa Mountains. About forty miles west of Casa Grande is a small village in the mountains, called by the Indians “Crassanas.�

We camped near this place and concluded to make an attack. We had noticed that just at midday no one seemed to be stirring; so we planned to make our attack at the noon hour.

The next day we stole into the town at noon.

We had no guns, but were armed with spears and bows and arrows. When the war-whoop was given to open the attack the Mexicans fled in every direction; not one of them made any attempt to fight us.

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mountains, and destroy the whole company.

This we were unable to do, for they, too, had scouts. However, within four hours after we started we had killed ten troopers with the loss of only one man, and the Mexican cavalry was in full retreat, followed by thirty armed Apaches, who gave them no rest until they were far inside the Mexican country. No more troops came that winter.

For a long time we had plenty of provisions, plenty of blankets, and plenty of clothing. We also had plenty of cheese and sugar.

Another summer (1863) I selected three warriors and went on a raid into Mexico. We went south into Sonora, camping in the Sierra de Sahuaripa Mountains. About forty miles west of Casa Grande is a small village in the mountains, called by the Indians “Crassanas.�

We camped near this place and concluded to make an attack. We had noticed that just at midday no one seemed to be stirring; so we planned to make our attack at the noon hour.

The next day we stole into the town at noon.

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WATCH FOR OUR REOPENING SOON

We had no guns, but were armed with spears and bows and arrows. When the warwhoop was given to open the attack the Mexicans fled in every direction; not one of them made any attempt to fight us.

We shot some arrows at the retreating Mexicans, but killed only one. Soon all was silent in the town and no Mexicans could be seen.

When we discovered that all the Mexicans were gone we looked through their houses and saw many curious things.

These Mexicans kept many more kinds of property than the Apaches did. Many of the things we saw in the houses we could not understand, but in the stores we saw much that we wanted; so we drove in a herd of horses and mules, and packed as much provisions and supplies as we could on them.

Then we formed these animals into a pack train and returned safely to Arizona. The Mexicans did not even trail us.

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When we arrived in camp we called the tribe together and feasted all day. We gave presents to everyone. That night the dance began, and it did not cease until noon the next day.

This was perhaps the most successful raid ever made by us into Mexican territory. I do not know the value of the booty, but it was very great, for we had supplies enough to last our whole tribe for a year or more.

In the fall of 1864 twenty warriors were willing to go with me on another raid into Mexico. These were all chosen men, well armed and equipped for battle. As usual we provided for the safety of our families before starting on this raid. Our whole tribe scattered and then reassembled at a camp about forty Story continues next page Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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miles from the former place. In this way it would be hard for the Mexicans to trail them and we would know where to find our families when we returned. Moreover, if any hostile Indians should see this large number of warriors leaving our range they might attack our camp, but if they found no one at the usual place their raid would fail.

We went south through the Chokonen Apaches’ range, entered Sonora, Mexico, at a point directly south of Tombstone, Arizona, and went into hiding in the Sierra de Antunez Mountains.

We attacked several settlements in the neighborhood and secured plenty of provisions and supplies. After about three days we attacked and captured a mule pack train at a place called by the Indians “Pontoco.” It is situated in the mountains due

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west, about one day’s journey from Arispe.

There were three drivers with this train.

One was killed and two escaped. The train was loaded with mescal, which was contained in bottles held in wicker baskets.

As soon as we made camp the Indians began to get drunk and fight each other. I, too, drank enough mescal to feel the effect of it, but I was not drunk. I ordered the fighting stopped, but the order was disobeyed. Soon almost a general fight was in progress.

I tried to place a guard out around our camp, but all were drunk and refused to serve. I expected an attack from Mexican troops at any moment, and really it was a serious matter for me, for being in command I would be held responsible for any ill luck attending the expedition. Finally the camp became comparatively still, for the Indians were too drunk to walk or even to fight.

While they were in this stupor I poured out all the mescal, then I put out all the fires and moved the pack mules to a considerable distance from camp. After this I returned to camp to try to do something for the wounded.

I found that only two were dangerously wounded. From the leg of one of these I cut an arrow head, and from the shoulder of another I withdrew a spear point. When all the wounds had been cared for, I myself kept guard till morning. The next day we loaded our wounded on the pack mules and started for Arizona.

The next day we captured some cattle from a herd and drove them home with us.

But it was a very difficult matter to drive cattle when we were on foot. Caring for the wounded and keeping the cattle from escaping made our journey tedious. But we were not trailed, and arrived safely at home with all the booty.

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Service acquired the Fort as a tuberculosis hospital for the Merchant Marine. Selected for its healthful climate, it served some 5,000 sailor patients between 1899 and 1953, 1,500 of whom are buried in the Maritime Cemetery on a hillside overlooking the Fort.

The patients lived in specially constructed tents, for fresh air and sunshine were the only known cures for tuberculosis. During this time, many new buildings were constructed including a hospital, stables, new living quarters, and literally hundreds of tent-houses for the patients.

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services as well as Merchant Marines, making it a place for current visitors to the site to engage in contemplative visitation.

During the Great Depression, Fort Stanton was home to a CCC work camp, which later served as the internment site for German merchant seamen from the German luxury liner, S.S. Columbus, which was scuttled outside of New York to prevent its capture by the British. The German internees built a camp that included such amenities as gardens for fresh produce, a recreation hall, and a swimming pool in which “mini-Olympic” competitions were held with the local population. After war was declared with Germany and Japan, the Internment camp housed some German prisoners of war as well as a few Japanese internees. It was used during early WWII for several months as a refuge for a group of Japanese-American families threatened by mobs in their hometowns.

In 1953, the Fort was given to the State of New Mexico and used first as a tubercular hospital and then, from the 1960’s until 1995, as the State Hospital for the Developmentally Handicapped. For a short time it was a low security women’s prison and has housed several juvenile, drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs.

When the State moved to dispose of the property, Fort Stanton, Inc., a nonprofit corporation (501-c-3), was created in 1997 to save this national treasure and seek its adaptive reconstruction as a living history center.

For more information: Ft. Stanton Historic Site, PO Box 36, Fort Stanton, NM 88323 575-354-0341 (museum)

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Update of Timberon Western Experience, June 26-27, 2020 We haven’t posted anything about this event in a while because like everyone else, we’ve been watching the developments of this pandemic to see how to respond in the safest manner possible.

The four of us recently discussed the question of whether to continue to plan on holding this event or to cancel it. What we decided was that it’s a bit early to make the call and we don’t have any real pressure to do so right now.

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At this point, a number of states are opening up things quite a bit while others are being more cautious. A lot of people THINK they know what will happen but in fact, no one knows for sure.

We intend to watch the data to see how things roll out…to see what ACTUALLY happens… and make our decision once we have a clearer idea of what the relative safety of folks gathering might be by the end of June. If we don’t think it’s safe, we won’t hold the event…as simple as that.

If we do think it’s safe to proceed, we will do everything we can to ensure the safety of participants…cap the number of attendees so that there is adequate space for participants to social distance, encourage the wearing of masks (preferably creative and funny ones, given the Western nature of the event), and additional measures that we will develop once we’ve made the decision.

We will determine the safe number of attendees and once we reach that number, we will start a waiting list so that if/when someone cancels, someone else can move into that slot.

If you want to go ahead and make reservations just to make sure you’re on the list if we hold the event, you can certainly do so without any financial obligation.

Just shoot me an email at ajamojo@gmail.com Feel free to reserve your spot now and we’ll keep you posted.

Everyone TAKE CARE AND STAY SAFE! — with Randy Huston and Jim Wilson.

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Old times for your amusement - People used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee in a pot & then once a day it was taken & Sold to the tannery.......if you had to do this to survive you were "Piss Poor" But worse than that were the really poor folk who couldn't even afford to buy a pot......they "didn't have a pot to piss in" & were the lowest of the low

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he next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s: Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and they still smelled pretty good by June.. However, since they were starting to smell . ...... .

Brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting Married.

Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the women and finally the children. Last of all the babies. By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.. Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the Bath water!"

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Houses had thatched roofs-thick strawpiled high, with no wood underneath. It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the roof... Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."

There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice clean bed.

Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.

The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the saying, "Dirt poor." The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until, when you opened the door, it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the entrance-way. Hence: a thresh hold.

In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung over the fire.. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner, leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence the rhyme: Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine days old. Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.

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with guests and would all sit around and chew the fat.

Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.

Bread was divided according to status.

Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or the upper crust.

Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would Sometimes knock the imbibers out for a couple of days.

Someone walking along the road would take them for dead and prepare them for burial..

They were laid out on the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a wake.

England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house, and reuse the grave.

When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they had been burying people alive... So they would tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the graveyard shift.) to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be, saved by the bell or was considered a dead ringer.

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Chuckwagon Cowboy Cake Ingredients ● 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour ● 3/4 cup sugar ● 1/4 cup cocoa ● 1 teaspoon soda ● 1/4 teaspoon salt ● 1/3 cup cooking oil ● 1 tablespoon vinegar ● 1/2 tablespoon vanilla ● 1 cup cold coffee ● 2 tablespoons sugar ● 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions Put flour, 3/4 cup sugar, cocoa, soda, and salt into an ungreased 9X9X2-inch baking dish. Stir with fork to mix; form 3 wells in flour mixture. Pour oil into one well, vinegar in one and vanilla in one. Pour cold coffee over all ingredients and stir with fork until well mixed. Do not beat. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Bake in 350 degree oven for 35-40 minutes.

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New Mexico Was Home to One of the Fiercest Predators That Ever Existed

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The Tyrannosaurus rex is a dinosaur that people seem to love all across the globe because it has a huge head, a heavy tail, and little tiny arms. Yet it still manages to be terrifying, probably because the T. rex is one of the largest land carnivores that has ever existed. But did you know that this iconic dinosaur used to call New Mexico it’s home?

The T. rex roamed all around the Land of Enchantment over 60 million years ago, as evidenced by the fossil record that remains sprawling across our entire state. All the way from Raton to Deming, footprints and teeth have been found, proving that the Tyrannosaurus rex once lived right where we are today.

Luckily, humans didn’t live in New Mexico until long after the Cretaceous Period. By the time we came around, all dinosaurs had already been extinct for a long time. But it’s still interesting to look out across the vast New Mexico landscape and to think that millions of years ago the fiercest predator to ever live roamed the land.

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science has an amazing online exhibit on their website called New Mexico: The Tyrannosaurus State. Check out their website for more information, and look around at the other spectacular exhibits!

Thank you to The New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science for providing us such wonderful and educational content during a strenuous time. We can’t wait to visit the museum when the Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health pandemic is over.

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Apache Acorn Cakes Ingredients ● 1 c Acorn Meal ● 1 c Cornmeal ● Water ● 1/4 c Honey ● 1T Melted Butter or Oil ● A pinch of salt

Directions 1. Mix the ingredients with enough warm water to make a moist but not a sticky dough.

2. Divide into 12 balls.

3. Cover and let the dough rest for 10 minutes or until ready to use.

4. Lightly moisten your hands with water and pat the balls into thick tortillas.

5. Heat an ungreased cast iron frying pan on medium high heat.

6. Place the cakes in the fryer.

7. Cook until the edges start to get dry. Lift the cake a little with a spatula to check for doneness.

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8. When done, flip them over and cook the other side, until both sides are slightly brown.

Pine Nut Catfish Ingredients: 1⁄4 cup pine nuts 2 additional Tbsps. pine nuts 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal 1/4 cup flour 1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper 1/4 tsp. ground cumin 4 catfish fillets 1/4 cup vegetable oil Instructions: ● Preheat your oven to 350 °F. Spread pine nuts in an even layer on a baking sheet and toast for about five minutes or until brown. Set aside to cool, then grind 1/4 cup of them and leave the rest for garnish later. ● Mix the ground pine nuts, cornmeal, flour, salt, cayenne pepper, and cumin, and coat your fillets. Heat the oil in a large skillet and fry the fish for about four minutes on each side. Sprinkle with the leftover toasted pine nuts before serving.

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Pueblo Indian Pork Roast

CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Ingredients: ● 1/4 cup vegetable oil ● 1 1/2 cups onions, chopped ● 3 minced garlic cloves ● 4 crushed and dried juniper berries ● 1/2 tsp. crushed coriander seed ● 1 bay leaf ● 4 large ripe tomatoes ● 1 1/4 cups water ● 2/3 cup cider vinegar ● 1/2 cup honey ● 1 Tbsp. ground red chili ● 1 medium-hot crushed dried chili ● 2 tsps. salt ● 1 oz. unsweetened chocolate square ● 5 lbs. pork rib roast

Instructions: Sauté onions in oil until they’re soft, then add garlic, juniper berries, coriander seed, and bay leaf. Continue to sauté for a few more minutes. Quarter and seed your tomatoes, then add water, vinegar, honey, the ground and crushed chilies, and salt. Cover and allow to simmer for about 30 minutes.

Grate the chocolate and add, then allow to simmer uncovered for another 20 to 30 minutes until it becomes thick. Put the pork in a pan and baste with the sauce, then roast in the oven at 350 °F for about three hours, basting every now and then as it cooks.

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The 'Second Moon' You Didn't Know Earth Had We all know and love the moon. We’re so assured that we only have one that we don’t even give it a specific name. It is the brightest object in the night sky, and amateur astronomers take great delight in mapping its craters and seas. To date, it is the only other heavenly body with human footprints.

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recently as 1997, we discovered that another body, 3753 Cruithne, is what’s called a quasiorbital satellite of Earth. This simply means that Cruithne doesn’t loop around the Earth in a nice ellipse in the same way as the moon, or indeed the artificial satellites we loft into orbit. Instead, Cruithne scuttles around the inner solar system in what’s called a “horseshoe” orbit.

To help understand why it’s called a horseshoe orbit, let’s imagine we’re looking down at the solar system, rotating at the same rate as the Earth goes round the sun. From our viewpoint, the Earth looks stationary. A body on a simple horseshoe orbit around the Earth moves toward it, then turns round and moves away. Once it’s moved so far away it’s approaching Earth from the other side, it turns around and moves away again.

Horseshoe orbits are actually quite common for moons in the solar system. Saturn has a couple of moons in this configuration, for instance.

What’s unique about Cruithne is how it wobbles and sways along its horseshoe. If you look at Cruithne’s motion in the solar system, it makes a messy ring around Earth’s orbit, swinging so wide that it comes into the neighborhood of both Venus and Mars.

Cruithne orbits the sun about once a year, but it takes nearly 800 years to complete this messy ring shape around the Earth’s orbit.

So Cruithne is our second moon. What’s it like there? Well, we don’t really know. It’s only about five kilometers across, which is not dissimilar to the dimensions of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is currently playing host to the Rosetta orbiter and the Philae lander.

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able to use its harpoons to tether itself to the surface, and why their failure meant that the lander bounced so far away from its landing site.

Given that Cruithne isn’t much more to us at this point than a few blurry pixels on an image, it’s safe to say that it sits firmly in the middling size range for non-planetary bodies in the solar system, and any human or machine explorers would face similar challenges as Rosetta and Philae did on 67P. If Cruithne struck the Earth, though, that would be an extinction-level event, similar to what is believed to have occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period. Luckily it’s not going to hit us anytime soon – its orbit is tilted out of the plane of the solar system, and astrophysicists have shown using simulations that while it can come quite close, it is extremely unlikely to hit us. The point where it is predicted to get closest is about 2,750 years away.

Cruithne is expected to undergo a rather close encounter with Venus in about 8,000 years, however. There’s a good chance that that will put paid to our erstwhile spare moon, flinging it out of harm’s way, and out of the Terran family.

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1 egg beaten chopped cilantro for garnish salt & pepper to taste INSTRUCTIONS: ● Preheat oven to 375°. ● Dust chicken breasts with 1 teaspoon cumin, salt and pepper and roast in a pan for 30 minutes until just cooked through.

Once it cools enough to handle, shred into bite size pieces and set aside. ● In a dutch oven melt the butter, sautee the onions, carrots, and jalapeno for 5 minutes. Add in chopped green chiles and sprinkle with remaining cumin. Add in the crushed garlic and stir for 1 minute.

Season with salt and pepper. ● Add in the flour and cook for a few minutes. Add the chicken broth and stir while it thickens. ● Add in corn, peas, and olives and stir.

Stir in heavy cream and then mix in the shredded chicken. Turn off the heat. ● Pour mixture into large buttered casserole. Or 2- 9 X 9 buttered pans. ● Roll out puff pastry on floured board and roll with pin to desired thickness. Cut into strips to weave over top of casserole. ● Brush top with beaten egg. ● Bake for 30-35 minutes until crust is golden brown. ● Garnish top with cilantro and serve. ● For 3-4 servings use a pie dish, top with pastry and freeze remaining filling for another casserole.

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Some Inventions are simply better left uninvented:

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Elephant Butte Sunset Richard Larsson 2nd Place Enchanted Adventures

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his mild mannered bank teller of a looking dude was David Lawrence Anderson, aka Billy Wilson. Billy was the least renowned hombre who rode with Billy the Kid. His character never made it into any of the Billy the Kid movies. That would actually be pretty easy to explain, as having two Billy's around would be very confusing Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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in the dialogue of any film. There also appears to be two back stories to the 'Mystery Rustler'. One has Billy hailing from Arkansas and the other from Ohio, each with distinctively different career paths to becoming an outlaw.

I am sticking with the Ohio Billy here. It seems to be the preferred story and I have a suspicion the Arkansas Billy is also picking up on the history of "Dirty" Dave Rudabaugh, a close associate.

David Lawrence Anderson was born in Trumball County, Ohio in 1862 and moved with his family to Southern Texas in the early 1870's. He worked as a cowboy in his teens until the enterprising young man moved to White Oaks, NM and opened a livery stable when only 18.

He sold it shortly thereafter for $400.

Unfortunately the money was counterfeit and he got indicted for passing it in Lincoln County. How innocent he was in this situation is lost in history, but we do know it made him a wanted man and Dave changed his name to Billy Wilson and ran.

This is when he met up with Billy the Kid and his gang rustling cattle and stealing horses from the Mescalero Apache Reservation. In November 1880 Billy the Kid and Billy Wilson were pursued by an 8 man posse near White Oaks, NM. Despite having both their horses killed, they escaped and met up with 'Dirty Dave' Rudabaugh and rode back into White Oaks to kill Sheriff John Redman.

Forced to flee when a citizens brigade of 40 or so people formed and took to the streets after them, Billy, Billy, and Dave escaped to 'Whiskey Jim' Greathouse's ranch, a friend, about 40 miles away. A posse surrounded the house and Billy and his buddies again escaped after a stand-off and killing Deputy Story continues next page Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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Jimmy Carlyle. This was dramatized in 'Young Guns 2', though Jim Greathouse was suddenly transformed into a Jane Greathouse, a prostitute, and the ranch house became a whore house.

At the end of the gun battle Jane rides away naked on horseback. Hollywood poetic license.

Billy Wilson was arrested along with Billy the Kid at the Stinking Springs shoot-out with Pat Garrett's posse. He was convicted in December of 1880 in Sante Fe, but escaped and ran down to Texas and back to his birth name. Looks like he left Billy the Kid and his gang at a good time too.

In Texas Wilson started a ranch, got married, and had two kids. He got a full pardon from President Grover Cleveland with the support of Pat Garrett and became a U.S. Customs Inspector for awhile.

Now back to being named Dave Anderson, he became Sheriff of Terrell County, TX until he was ambushed and killed in a saloon in Sanderson TX in 1918 by a drunken cowboy named Ed Valentine.

Valentine was instantly shot down by other town's people and they gave Dave a big funeral, as he was very well liked.

Dave died at 56, not too bad for a com padre of Billy the Kid.....

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WHO’S HENRY? Story courtesy of The Borderlands.com

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nother one of the lesser known of the Lincoln County Regulators along with Billy the Kid was Henry Newton Brown. Maybe it was his bland name, because his story would make a great movie.

He was the poster boy for the 'white hat/black hat' dichotomy of the Wild West and how those roles often reversed in a place where 'rule of law' was often based on the throw of the dice.

Henry was born outside Rolla, Missouri in 1857. He was soon left an orphan and was raised by an aunt and uncle until he was 17, Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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when he headed West. He worked as a cowboy in Colorado and Texas until he shot a man while riding the range in the Panhandle and went on down to the New Mexico Territory in 1877.

That is where he hooked up with Billy as he worked John Tunstall's Rio Feliz Ranch.

On April Fool's day in 1878 Henry, Billy, and the rest of the Regulators murdered Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady in revenge for his killing Tunstall, and that escalated the Lincoln County War to a new level.

Henry was also present and accounted for at the Blazer's Mill Shootout three day's later that killed Buckshot Roberts and Dick Brewer. On July 15th, 1878 he was in the McSween shootout, though one of the three Regulators not trapped in the house. Henry was sniping from the grain tower and no doubt a big reason Billy and the rest of the Regulators were able to escape. He was involved all the major incidents in the Lincoln County War, yet somehow overlooked in the popular accounts of it.

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Now a fugitive with two murder warrants out on him in the New Mexico Territory, Billy, Henry and the boys spent some time in the Texas Panhandle rustling horses.

When Billy and the rest decided to go back to New Mexico, Henry wisely decided to stay in Texas. He was briefly a Lawman in Oldham County but was fired for having a quick temper and "always wanting to fight and get his mane up."

Henry drifted from the Oklahoma Indian Territory into Kansas working as a cowboy.

In July of 1882 he settled in Caldwell, Kansas, a rough and tumble cow town where the Chisolm Trail and the Santa Fe Railroad tracks met. It was a violent place. Henry became the marshal there after several were killed before him and with the help of his deputy, Ben Wheeler, cleaned the town up Read past issues @ issuu.com/alamodosomagazine

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meeting violence with more violence. He found his career niche.

Against stereotype, Henry did not smoke, drink, chew, or gamble and made regular attendance at the Methodist Church in town.

Henry was said to be very quiet and reserved except when faced with trouble on the job, then his temper would flare up and "he was a two-gun man.

He could take a six-shooter in each hand and make one think a battle was on." But the townspeople were so grateful to have a marshal like Henry that they gave him a fancy engraved Winchester rifle with silver and gold inlays which read: "Presented to City Marshal H. N. Brown For valuable services rendered In behalf of the Citizens of Caldwell Kas A. N. Colson Mayor Dec 1882". He put it to use shortly there after killing a cheating gambler, Newt Boyce, and Spotted Horse, a renegade Indian.

Henry married Alice Maude Levagood, the daughter of high society in Caldwell.

Alice even had a college degree, a rare occurrence for a woman back then, especially in the wilds of Kansas. Henry has it all, but like a true bi-polar, adrenaline fueled outlaw, his story was not through.

Henry and his deputy, Ben Wheeler, and two other desperadoes decided to rob the bank in Medicine Lodge, Kansas for some unknown reason, though his last letter to his wife indicated he was doing it for her: "It is hard for me to write this letter, but it was all for you, my sweet wife, and for the love I have for you."

Evidently his marshal's salary wasn't cutting it for such a high bred woman I am guessing. In the process they ended up killing the bank president and a teller, who managed to seal the vault closed just before he died, leaving Henry and his gang high and dry.

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were cornered in a box canyon just outside of town where they surrendered. A lynch mob came for them later and Henry and his gang made an attempt at an escape, but he was cut in half with a shotgun blast and the rest of the gang was hanged right on the spot.

Henry was 26. The above is a photo of Henry as the marshal of Caldwell.

In 'Young Guns 2' He was played by Alan Ruck and was combined with the Regulator Jim French in a composite named 'Hendry William French'. He was portrayed as a bumbling, clumsy fool, which neither man was close to being......

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