| # | Date | Name | Email Address |
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| 1 | Thu Dec 22 2005 22:35 | Welcome to my guestbook. Feel free to make any comments or suggestions you like. Keep in mind that this is a public guestbook, viewable by anyone. If you would like to send a more private message, you can send me an email. Thank you. | |
| 0 | Tue Jan 3 2006 18:03 | Mary A. Johnson | librarywrm@aol.com |
| Thank you so much for your information. My grandfather, Frederick Wiemers, was the engineer with the E.P. & S>W. railroad between Bisbee and El Paso. His engine #1 is now housed by the University of Texas at El Paso. My grandmother, Mary Ann Clifford was the telegraph operator for Southern Pacific Railroad at the Bisbee station. They met there when his train came in, and they married a year later.Any information on the Bisbee station would be appreciated. | |||
| 1 | Tue Apr 25 2006 18:24 | Amanda Krejci | raak4@aol.com |
| I am looking for information on my grandfather who worked for the railroad. He lived in Douglas, AZ for years, but died in Tucumcari, New Mexico. His name is Fred W. Jones. Contact me if you have any information on him. | |||
| 2 | Thu May 25 2006 10:30 | Paul Garland | paul@paulgarland.net |
| My grandparents worked on this railroad. I really enjoyed your site! | |||
| 3 | Sun Jun 4 2006 01:39 | sally suckling | wardel@grandecom.net |
| my grandmothers uncle, nelson "red" padgett, lived in hachita in the first half of the 20th century. he had a greasy shack outfit in site of the dodge phelps smelter, and worked for a family whose name was faulkner. if amyone has info about about uncle red i would love to hear from them. thanks sally | |||
| 4 | Fri Aug 25 2006 02:29 | Mary Ann Cobos Boyd | jimandmaryann@prodigy.net |
| I went to school in Hatchita the year they closed it down.. We were allowed to take all the books home, and given each a box of m&m candies. We now have Hachita Reuinions every rwo years for anyone ever living or going to school there. | |||
| 5 | Sun Nov 19 2006 19:33 | Raymond Cobos | rbcobos@zianet.comn |
| I was raised in Hachita. I graduated from Hachita High School in 1965. Leroy Hand and I graduated and the next year the High School closed. The Elementary side was closed shortly thereafter.Both families, the Hands and the Cobos' were railroad families. Almost everyone who ever lived in Hachita for any length of time carries and carried with them the "Sprit of Hachita"....it's hard to define, you know it if you have it! | |||
| 6 | Wed Jan 10 2007 11:40 | Jennifer Parker | jl.parker@yahoo.com |
| Very interesting pictures...hopefully more will be posted... | |||
| 7 | Thu Mar 29 2007 12:32 | Larry Bogan | larry@go.ednet.ns.ca |
| We drove Route 9 in southern N.M. - a far more interesting way to cross than I-10. The railroad bed paralleling the road fascinated us. I am glad to find all the detail on the line on this website.. knowing the history of the area makes it much more enjoyable to experience the area.Excellent work and thank you. | |||
| 8 | Fri May 25 2007 20:22 | Jim Bryan | jimkbryan@charter.net |
| My great uncle, Thomas Markham Brown (1892-1997) was an engineer for the EP & SW Railroad in the 1920s. I have a photo of him with his engine and tender taken about 1920 in Hachita NM. I am happy to share it with you for your historical collection. If you are interested, just let me know. | |||
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| 10 | Tue Oct 23 2007 23:22 | John Staehle | johncpo41@hotmail.com |
| First, I would like to comment on the story about Hatchita and the history of that and other towns along the way of the El Paso RR. I live in Deming and my in-laws are from Lordsburg, in fact my father- in- law ran cattle in the area you wrote about and I drive to work in Playas, NM another Phelps Dodge settlement, now a training center for police. The RR bed is indeed all cinder and the bridges still exist, along with a metal watertower. Hatchita is all but a ghost town now and becoming a gateway to Janos' Mexico for some. There is much to comment on as well as supply photos of the area if you would like. I am a freelance photographer with many slides of the SW and with an interest in the preservation of history, of which there are still cattle shutes along the RR in Hatchita and several old trestles still intact. I would be willing to work out a plan for providing you with up -to -date photos either in slide format or electronic for a nominal fee. Feel free to contact me at the above email address and soon on my website (under construction as many photos await loading. I make it a point to syudy the history of the narrow gauge lines in SW Colorado and have many photos of that area as well. Some of scenery that not many folks get to see everyday, hidden treasures are best guarded for preservation purposes and I will respect the forefathers that built the homes 100 year or more ago. Mining and the narrow guage RRs go hand in hand with one supplying the other in revenue and in many cases the only way into the towns from remote mining camps, you could say that they were the first commuter railroads and many a miner came down into Silverton, CO by rail to enjoy the entertainment on Blair Street which had one of the highest concentrations of brothels of any city, right up until the 1950's. More to follow if anyone is game and I will be back to fill in the gaps of historical events from the Real West as my father-in-law and others supply me with the great tails of when the desert was king and the cowboys still rode in the style of the Old West. Best to all, John Staehle | |||
| 11 | Thu Jan 10 2008 22:06 | Jack Chism | jaxxntraxx@aol.com |
| Very interesting and well presented history of the EP&SW railroad and the surrounding area. I lived in Bisbee, AZ for several years and I've always been interested in the railroad history of that colorful mining region. | |||
| 12 | Mon Jan 28 2008 17:34 | MaryLetha Kuzdrowski | tedletha105@gmail.com |
| I love ghost towns they fascinate me. I wonder what it would of been like to live back then. | |||
| 13 | Mon Feb 18 2008 20:12 | G Steve Dockstader | s.dockstader@att.net |
| Great history piece on Hachita New Mexico and the railroad. And great guestbook comments too. Extremely interesting all. My great-grandmother, Vivian Lemmon, was a 16yr old girl living with her family in Colonia Diaz when the Mexican revolution happened. I am 47 now, but when I was 5, she told me stories about Pancho Villas men raiding their settlement repeatedly. Finally, the US Army told them they had to get north to Hachita if they wanted any sort of protection at all from them. Supposedly her brother Kimball Lemmon, opened a store in Hachita. And supposedly, a pair of Pancho Villas men came and robbed the store. Rumor has it that uncle Kim chased them down and shot them dead. He took their horses, which did not please Pancho Villa too much...Anybody know the story better than me? If so please feel free to write (I was pretty young when Grandma Viv told the story) Grandma and most everyone with them eventually ended up back in Salt Lake City. | |||
| 14 | Tue Jan 13 2009 00:33 | Dale Turner | dturner674@aol.com |
| The El Paso and Southwestern went through Tombstone, AZ from 1903 until 1961. The non-profit Western Heritage Foundation in Tombstone is turning a 1940's caboose into a free railroad museum and are very interested in displaying old railroad photos of the EP &SW. Please contact me if you have any that we could use. Thanks. | |||
| 15 | Fri Jan 30 2009 15:02 | Marshall Carter-Tripp | hmcarter@utep.edu |
| A fascinating site, thank you so much for all your hard work in constructing it! | |||
| 16 | Thu Mar 12 2009 00:06 | kendra m. | goodincolo@aol.com |
| Looking for old friends Janey from Kentucky.. w/witches chin...and Boyd Coe Dennison.. love, K | |||
| 17 | Sun Apr 5 2009 13:26 | Paul Noren | norenpaul@yahoo.com |
| Great website. We drove through Hachita looking for El Paso @SW RR remains. Your sit brings much into perspective. The 1929 Railroad Guide shows 6 trains per day through Hachita. One mixed train to Clifton Phelps Dodge. | |||
| 18 | Mon Apr 13 2009 11:59 | Clark Brannan | chiron39@wmconnect.com |
| Gives me chill bumps to remember those trains out of Anapra and on toward Kilborne Hole. I was a student at NMSU from 1958 to 1962 and spent enjoyable weekends in that corner of New Mexico. Excellent information. Thanks. | |||
| 19 | Sat Sep 26 2009 08:53 | robert wellborn | r_wellborn@hotmail.com |
| Ive lived in SW all my life. Lived s. of EPSW line in the Playas valley in the '60s. Your web site is a GREAt one. Thank you for the info. RW | |||
| 21 | Sat Oct 3 2009 19:47 | Melissa | |
| My great-grandfather, Jessie Boone, was a carpenter or bridge builder for the El Paso RR during the mid to late 30s. My grandmother spent her first five years living on the "Southline" between Bisbee and El Paso. This site has been a great help with my paper on family history. Thanks! | |||
| 21 | Wed Oct 28 2009 00:56 | Brian S | brianjpsu1@yahoo.com |
| Wonderful site. The history of this line has interested me for many years. Thanks for pulling all this together | |||
| 22 | Sun Nov 8 2009 17:08 | Greg Baxter | nitehawk75@aol.com |