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Frances E.Totty
Josh trent
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Early Days in( Lincoln County
May26,1938
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My grandfather Sotorona Baca and his wife were born in
Barcelona,Spain and was considered quite wealthy for those days They
came to America and settled at Et Paso,Texas where they lived for some ti,ae
but the old Spatish Legend was going the rounds at the time that they a
settled at El laso and it wasnit long until he decided that there was
something to the story 0 and invested $10,000.00 in the swindling scheme,
which was all lodt as the people that he gave the money to were imposters
WI the early days and the old story of the lost bullion has gone on down
the years
Grandfather after he lost so much money moved to Lincoln and
bought a ranch or two as he figured that he was nearly broke and he had
to recover some of his losses.He started to raising cattle, horses and multi
and hogs.e had been a captain in the army was hired by the government
to take supplies to the tort Stanton Reservation. He never did have any
trouble in getting the supplies to the Indians as Murphy was hired by
the government tp, furnish the supplies.
My mother Carolatta BacaBrent was born in Linceln on
Jah.17,1865. he has a sister that still lives in Lincoln. Mother was
in the middle of the Lincoln War and carried messages for both parties.
The message was delivered in a bucket of beans Mother saw Billie the
Kid 2111 Sheruff Brady from he window in the tower.The Spanish and
Mexican class of peoplen were friends to Billie the Aid. They often
hid him under the floor of their houses and in every wqy possible
warned him of his dangers
My father was a under sheriff of l'at garrets and was
with him when he captured Billie the iqd pt Rtin/rino, qnrin„
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Pat Garrett told father after he killed Billie the Kid that a
fellow from the east wrote to him and said that he would pay $500Q00 for
the Lftrigger finger of the boy. I have read many books on the boy,
bat this is one fact that I have neve r seen pablished.Billie the Kid was
not a killer but was fighting for cause and father told us that he was
an unusually nice boy.ge took the part of Mcbweeen and fought for Mcbweesn%
right to thee finish.Mr McSween was a very ref“ed gentleman and never
could believe that the guns should rule an they did, and could never
be convinced that the should carry a. gun the died in the war carr
his Bible.Mrs4cSween was a beautiful lady ,and unde stoodkthe ways o
the world much better than her husband that was an idealist.
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Emerson Huff was living in gncoln in the early dayd he
worked around the town at any thing that the could get to do .He wanted
to save enaugh money to get toIansas 8ity Ertflar was going to take
some prisoners to Fort LeaveAorth an told Mr. Huff that the would take
him that far as. a guard. he left father at LdNensworth and drifted into
Louisbaa and there wrote Mississippi Bubble which brought him a smalltli
fortune.
\15 I have at home a spool made into a toy by Pat uarrett that he
gave0hen I was a youngster.P4t Garret after killing Billie the Aid
always said that he sure hated to kill the boy, but he knew that it
was either his rife or the boys life and as he was sent out to bring
him back he did the ally thing he could do for he realized that Billie
would never be taken alive again.
Josh i'3rent