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New Mexico Business Directory 1903-1904
published in 1904 by Gazetter Publishing Company, Denver CO
Union County Entries
Listings include names of local businessmen and the nature of their business.
There are also separate listings for livestock farmers, wool growers, and
other businesses by business classification (similar to current "yellow pages"). The book lists the following communities and their descriptions. Some of the communities were annexed to Harding County at its creation in 1921.
ALBERT (Now in Harding County)
A small settlement in Union County, 60 miles southwest from Clayton, the
principal shipping point; stockraising the principal industry; population, 25
- Chavez, Mariano (sheep)
- Garcia, Preciliano (sheep)
- Gonzales, Jose Felipe (sheep)
- Hansen, H. M. (gen'l mdse, postmaster, cattle)
- Mitchell, T. E. (cattle, horses)
- Roybal, Albino (sheep)
- Salazar, Vidal (sheep)
- Valdaz, Pedro A. (sheep)
- Toribino, Vigil (sheep)
BARNEY
Post office in Union County, 18 miles southwest from Clayton, the nearest railroad point; stockraising the principal industry; population of neighborhood, 100
- Chavez, L. (cattle)
- Foster, H. M. (cattle)
- Garcia, Candido (cattle)
- Garcia, Leno (cattle, gen'l mdse)
- Hartley, D. N. (postmaster, real estate surveyor, cattle)
- Martinez, Bonifacio (gen'l mdse, cattle)
- Martinez, Juan (cattle)
- Sanchez, Alberto (cattle)
- Sanchez, Antonio (cattle)
- Sanchez, P. (cattle)
BEENHAM
Small post office in Union County, 55 miles southwest of Clayton, the nearest
railroad point; stockraising the principal industry; population, 30
- Bushnell Bros. (gen'l mdse)
- Bushnell, C. J. H. (postmaster)
BUEYEROS (Now in Harding County)
Post office in Union County, 55 miles northeast from Clayton, the nearest railroad
point; stockraising the principal industry; population, 25
- Tixier, Miguel (postmaster)
- CLAPHAM
- Post office in Union County, 25 miles southwest from Clayton, the nearest railroad
point; stockraising the principal industry; tri-weekly mails; population, 20
- Overberg, V. A. (gen'l mdse, postmaster)
- CLAYTON
- The county seat of Union County and the most important town in Northeast New Mexico
is located on the Colorado & Southern Railroad, 10 miles west from the dividing
line between New Mexico and Texas. Surrounded by an extensive stockraising country,
Clayton furnishes supplies to a wide range of the county. Here the federal land office
for the northeastern portion of New Mexico is situated. It has electric light and
water works, a telephone system, a splendid public schools system and a fine public
school building, a Methodist and Christian church, a number of secret societies, many
business establishments and contains many nice homes. There is a first class hotel in
the town. A $20,000 courthouse was recently completed. Two weekly newspapers, one in
English and the other in Spanish, are published in the town. Coal deposits are being
worked in a small way. Clatron is fortunate in having active, energetic, progressive
businessmen who believe in the future of their city and are willing to do for its best
interests. population 1100 and still growing.
- Individual business listings still under construction
- DEHAVEN (Now in Harding County)
- Post office in Union County, 22 miles east of Roy, the nearest railroad point; sheep
raising the principal industry; tri-weekly mails; population of neighborhood, 100
- Traister, D. C. (postmaster)
- Traister Bros. (gen'l mdse, cattle, sheep)
- FOLSOM
- A growing town in the northwestern corner of Union County on the Colorado & Southern
Railroad, 70 miles (by rail) southeast of Trinidad, Colorado. An important supply point
for stockgrowers of southern Colorado and northeastern New Mexico. Good schools and
churches; population, 600; altitude 6,400<
- Individual business listings still under construction
- GALLEGOS (Now in Harding County)
- Post office in Union County, 22 miles east of Roy, the nearest railroad point; sheep
raising the principal industry; tri-weekly mails; population of neighborhood, 100
- Fuentes, Manuel (cattle, sheep)
- Fuentes, Runaldo (cattle, sheep)
- Gallegos, E. F. (gen'l mdse, postmaster)
- Gallegos, E. M. (cattle, sheep)
- Gallegos & Sons, Mrs. Francisco (horses, cattle, sheep)
- Sandoval, E. (cattle, sheep)
- KIOWA SPRINGS (no post office) (Now in Colfaxg County)
- Small settlement in Union County, 20 miles south from Folsom; stage from Folsom Tuesdays and Saturdays.
- No business listings shown
- LEON (Now in Harding County)
- Post office in Union County, 60 miles south from Clayton, the nearest railroad point;
mail tri-weekly; stock raising the principal industry; population of neighborhood, 100
- Lujan, M. (postmaster)
- LOGAN (Now in Quay County)
- Post office and prosperous small town in Union County on the Chicago, Rock Island & El Paso
Railway, 70 miles southwest of Dalhart, Texas; supply point for an important stock raising
district; population, 100; altitude 3,800 feet
- Individual business listings still under construction
- MIERA (Now in Harding County)
- Post office in Union County, 40 miles south from Clayton, the nearest railroad point; stock
raising the principal industry; population of neighborhood, 200
- Individual business listings still under construction
- NARA VISA (Now in Quay County)
- Post office in Union County and station on the Chicago, Rock Island & El Paso Railway, 46 miles
southwest from Dalhart, Texas; an important stock shipping point; population of neighborhood, 200
- Individual business listings still under construction
- PASAMONTE
- Post office in Union County, 45 miles west of Clayton, the most convenient railroad point; stock
raising the principal industry; population of neighborhood, 150
- Gilg, Carl (gen'l mdse, postmaster, notary public)
- Seydel, John (blacksmith)
- VEDA
- Post office in Union County, 30 miles east of Folsom, stock raising the principal industry; population, 40
- Fisher, Thomas (postmaster)
- Sanchez, P. (cattle)
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