March 16th at 6:30 p.m.
Datil Community Center
Program will be on the early ranching history of the Datil/San Augustin area. Contact Eric for more information or to become a member! 575-773-4152
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This blog is for visitors and residents of Datil, New Mexico. Here I will post news about the town, upcoming events and nearby attractions. Datil is my new home. Since I couldn't find a website for the town... I made one! So, let's enjoy each other's company for a spell... we're all just passin' through.
I am interested in learning more about the history of the founding of the town and where the name comes from. Thank you.
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Hello Juan!
ReplyDeleteHere is a little more information for you:
To the Spanish settlers the seedpods of the prevelant yucca resembled dates, and "datil" is the Spanish word for date.
Levi and Fred Baldwin established the first Datil store and post office in 1884 to serve the cattle ranching families.
One of the early settlers, Agnes Morley Cleaveland, described ranching in Datil in the 1880s in her well-known book, No Life for a Lady. A monument to her parents can be seen on U.S. 60 five miles west of Datil.
The hub of Datil is the Eagle Guest Ranch which dates from the 1920s when Agnes Morley Cleaveland's sister, Loraine, and her husband, Tom Reynolds, opened the small store. With a cafe, motel, general store, gas station, and RV park, the Eagle Guest Ranch today serves as a general meeting place for the 150 townsfolk and the surrounding community of ranchers.
The Datil Well Campground, south of town, commemorates the site of a cattle watering well on the historic stock driveway from Springerville to the railhead in Magdalena.
Screenwriter.....It is August 2019, as I write this. If I have found you, will you contact me. I am collecting material for what could become a little book about the history of Datil....!....Jim Wagner, Albuquerque, jim@daddywagsediting.com.... Cheers and thank you.......Jim
DeleteHello there. My name is Bill Brown from over in Texas. My grandfather (J.R. Brown) and his brother (Frank) bought some land just west of Quemado. J.R. was buying horses in the area and trailing them to Texas. (Truscott, Tx....about 600 miles east of Quemado!). I've always wondered where he watered his herd (200 plus head). Are there any historical records of the people that used the well at Datil? The time frame would be from the early 1920's to the early '40's?
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Bill
Bill.....It is August 2019 as I write this....If I have found you, would you contact me...!???.... I am collecting material for what could become a little history book about Datil....I am Jim Wagner, in Albuquerque, jim@daddywagsediting.com....Cheers and Thank you.....Jim
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ReplyDeleteSouthwest of Datil, on HWY 12, there used to be Fort Tularosa. I read that only the cemetery remains. Do you know if it can be visited?
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Bob White
Anonymous....It is August 2019 as I write this....Did you find any info about Fort Tularosa?.... Thank you....Jim in Albuquerque, at jim@daddywagsediting.co....Cheers...Jim
DeleteThe cemetery can be visited. It is located at http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=33.881111,-108.538333&spn=0.01,0.01&t=m&q=33.881111,-108.538333
ReplyDeleteI am researching Sears Roebuck in New Mexico for a talk to be given at the upcoming NM Historical Society conference in May, and am hoping you can help me. Can you tell me where and when Sears stores were opened in your area, if there are any Sears mail-ordered kit homes in your area, and if Richard Sears, Alvah Roebuck, Julius Rosenwald, or General Robert I Wood (i.e., all men who ran the company) had any personal connections with your area? For example, I know that Robert Wood (1879-1969) attended the Los Alamos School when he was young. Additionally, if you have any photographs related to Sears or any of Albuquerque that I may have a digital copy of, that would be wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAny help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Diane Schaller
President, Historic Albuquerque Inc.
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DeleteHi, I am in need of a contact person or caretaker of the Datil cemetery. Can you help?
ReplyDeleteRita....It is August 2019 as I write this.....I am collecting information for what could become a little book about the history of Datil.....Is there perhaps anything you could contribute.....!!...??...Cheers....Jim Wagner in Albuquerque, jim@daddywagsediting.com.... Thank you...Jim
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