Hidden history of Southeast New Mexico / Donna Blake Birchell & John LeMay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birchell, Donna Blake, author.

LeMay, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln County (N.M.)--History.

Lincoln County (N.M.).

Eddy County (N.M.)--History.

Eddy County (N.M.).

Chaves County (N.M.)--History.

Chaves County (N.M.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (121 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2017.

Summary:

Outlaws, cattlemen and a plethora of quirky pioneers once riddled southeastern New Mexico. In November 1892, E.W. Doll and J.B. Coates ignited rumors of an eight-foot petrified man in McKittrick Cave. A massive fire and subsequent shootout led to the demise of Phenix, one of the Old West's most scandalous towns. And in August 1932, Bonnie and Clyde kidnapped Carlsbad's Deputy Sheriff Joe Johns. Authors Donna Blake Birchell and John LeMay explore these little-known tales and more that have beguiled this region for centuries.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Outlaw days. Phenix: Eddy's wicked sister; Gunfights in Seven Rivers; Bonnie and Clyde take a hostage

Part II.: Campfire tales. Murders on the White Sands; Ghosts of the Lincoln County Courthouse; Old Ruidoso: John Chisum's ghost steer; The petrified man of the Guadalupe Mountains; Giant rattler of the Valley of fires and other big snakes; Lost skeletons and baffling bones; Lost Aztec treasure of the capitans

Part III: Enchanting locales. Bottomless lakes, Lost River and Diamond Cave; Mysteries of White Sands: Giant footprints, dinosaur petroglyphs and the lady of the sands; Hermits of the Guadalupe Mountains

Part IV: The military in southeastern New Mexico. Military geoglyphs, POW camps and forgotten Army Air fields of southeastern New Mexico; The Carrizozo UFO crash of 1947?

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439660294

1439660298