Table of Contents
Introduction… 1
1. Founding of Mesilla… 3
Doña Ana Bend Colony Grant… 3
Mexican-American War… 5
Las Cruces… 6
Bartlett-Condé Survey… 7
La Mesilla… 8
Gadsden Purchase… 12
Timeline… 13
Photos… 15
2. Mesilla 1856-1865… 33
Mesilla Townsite… 33
Street Names… 34
La Iglesia de San Albino… 34
Plaza… 35
Maurin-Leonard Block… 36
Hayward-McGrorty Block… 37
Overland Stage Block… 38
La Posta Block… 40
Courthouse Block… 42
The River… 43
Timeline… 45
Photos… 46
3. Corn Exchange Hotel… 61
Property History… 61
John “Jack” Davis… 63
Hotel Register… 65
Prank – Or Historic Event?… 68
Agustina Davis… 69
Timeline… 72
Photos… 73
4. Billy the Kid Museum… 87
George Weart Griggs… 87
Museum… 90
Timeline… 91
Photos… 92
5. La Posta Restaurant… 99
Katherine Griggs Camunez… 99
La Posta Today… 100
Timeline… 100
Photos… 101
Index… 111
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