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Seven Rivers, New Mexico was formerly a ghost town, located between Carlsbad and Artesia, New Mexico. [1] The town itself was first settled in the mid-1860s, and for a time thrived as a trading post .
The Seven Rivers Formation is a geologic formation in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. It preserves fossils dating back to the late Guadalupian Epoch of the Permian period . [ 1 ]
John Wallace Olinger (3 May 1849 - 25 February 1940) was a lawman from New Mexico. While the family moved to Indian Territory, he went down to Seven Rivers, New Mexico, where he was a member of the Seven Rivers Warriors who fought in the Lincoln County War. [1]
After the range war came to an end, the Seven Rivers members began to turn on one another. Gang member Bill Johnson was killed by Hugh Beckwith on August 17, 1878, in Seven Rivers, New Mexico. John Beckwith was killed by fellow member John Jones on August 26, 1879, also in Seven Rivers.
A History of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0826335074. Utley, Robert M. (1987). High Noon in Lincoln: Violence on the Western Frontier. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 0-8263-1201-2. Utley, Robert M. (1989). Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-9558-8.
Frank Baker, killed by the Regulators on March 9, 1878, Agua Negra Canyon, New Mexico. Tom Hill, killed by a sheep herder on March 9, 1878, near Tularosa, New Mexico. George Davis, killed by Texas Rangers on July 3, 1880, Chinati Mountains, Texas. Manuel "Indian" Segovia, killed by the Regulators on May 19, 1878, Seven Rivers, New Mexico.
Apr. 16—All of New Mexico's rivers have made the top spot this year on a list of the most endangered in the country. ... Recent history underscores how the state can be buffeted by shifting ...
They were active in Seven Rivers, New Mexico, [8] and it was composed by Texas desperadoes, including Augustus M. "Gus" Gildea, [9] Reese Gobles (rumored that his body was found in a drift down the Pecos River), [10] John Gross, Rustling Bob Irwin (he was found dead in the Pecos River, killed by his own party because he was involved in ...