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The News — The Secrets — The History! Archive for the 'History' Category. Saturday, February 20th, 2016. Fountain Theater – History. In April, 1912, Albert J. Fountain, Jr. applied for a business license to open a moving picture business in Mesilla. He gave the name of the theater as The Fountain of Pleasure. Prior to the theater showing moving pictures, the theater was used for dramatic plays and visiting vaudeville acts. This continued even after theater began showing movies. As an independent theater ...
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Mesilla Blog » Billy the Kid
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Thursday, August 31st, 2006. Still standing in the southeast corner of the Mesilla plaza is the courthouse and jail where Billy the Kid was tried and sentenced to death by hanging. The only authentic picture of Billy. Billy had been captured December 23, 1880. The trial for the killing of Sheriff Brady began April 8. The judge presiding, Judge Bristol, dismissed Billy’s defense attorney from the Roberts trial, probably because of the change in jurisdiction,...8220;If...
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Mesilla Blog » Overland Mail
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Archive for the 'Overland Mail' Category. Wednesday, September 18th, 2013. Did Billy the Kid Stay at La Posta in Mesilla? 8220;Best history of Mesilla.”. 8220;La Posta: From the Founding of Mesilla, to the Corn Exchange Hotel, to Billy the Kid Museum, to Famous Landmark”. Consists of 5 sections:. Chapter 1 is a history of Mesilla, beginning with its founding in 1850 by Rafael Ruelas. Chapter 5 is a history of La Posta, Mesilla’s most famous landmark. For someone who ...
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Mesilla Blog » Picacho — Forgotten Butterfield Stage Stop
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Thursday, October 27th, 2011. Picacho — Forgotten Butterfield Stage Stop. Many who have written about the Butterfield Overland Mail. Have left out the Picacho stage stop, sometimes called Rancho Picacho, in their accounts. This is a bit surprising as the very first written account of the Butterfield trail mentions the Picacho stop. Waterman Lilly Ormsby, a special correspondent for the. Mesilla was almost exactly half way between St. Louis and San Francisco. The stop...
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Mesilla Blog » Rough and Ready – Butterfield Stage Stop
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Monday, June 18th, 2012. Rough and Ready – Butterfield Stage Stop. Rough and Ready was the second stop of the Overland Mail Stage Line after leaving Mesilla. ( The first stop was Picacho. Here is a close view of the station location:. If you climb the summit above the station, you see Picacho Peak in the distance (circled) and the environmental disturbance due to the trail:. Of 1853. The map below shows the mistaken area (click for a larger map):. Here are some ruins:.
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Mesilla Blog » Billy the Kid Display — Mesilla
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Wednesday, March 26th, 2008. Billy the Kid Display — Mesilla. The Town of Mesilla is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the J. Paul Taylor Visitor Center Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 pm. As part of the ribbon-cutting ceremony there will be Billy the Kid. The visitor center is an extension of the current Mesilla Town Hall, located at 2231 Avenida de Mesilla. For more information about the ceremony, call Kristie Medina at (575) 524-3262 ext. 116. Tags: Billy the Kid.
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Mesilla Blog » New Book on the Hermit of La Cueva – El Ermitaño
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Wednesday, August 6th, 2014. New Book on the Hermit of La Cueva – El Ermitaño. Giovanni Maria de Agostini, Wonder Of The Century — The Astonishing World Traveler Who Was A Hermit. This book is about a remarkable man, Giovanni Maria de Agostini, born in Italy in 1801, who combined two seemingly contradictory aspirations: a fervent desire to devote his whole life to perfect solitude and an astonishing urge to travel incessantly. Table of Contents here. To post a comment.
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Mesilla Blog » Picacho Cemetery
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The News — The Secrets — The History! Monday, February 27th, 2012. Virtually nothing is known of this abandoned cemetery in Picacho, even by residents. The cemetery is on private land. Only two stones exist, but mounds and other signs indicate other burials. Picacho — A Brief History. Picacho Forgotten Butterfield Stage Stop. You must be logged in. To post a comment. Billy The Kid's Grave. Billy the Kid - Video. Torpedo 4 - Video. USS Essex - Video.
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Las Cruces Blog: November 2006
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LAS CRUCES BLOG MOVED: CLICK HERE. Las Cruces City Site. New Mexico State Univ. Farm and Ranch Museum. Friends of Pat Garrett. La Posta - From the Founding of Mesilla, to Corn E. New Domain for Blog! 200,000 - Coming Soon. Las Cruces Worst Mistake. Wednesday, November 15, 2006. Posted by Cloud Permanent Link. Friday, November 10, 2006. The La Entrada Monument. Is gone - moved to storage. Which closed the historic old street and converted it to a semi-open mall. Tags: La Entrada Monument. Friday - 7 pm.