Mystery Building in Porter, NM

 

I don't know what this building was used for. It looks like a post office, but according to "Place Names of New Mexico" (both versions), there wasn't a post office in Porter in 1929. It could have been a store, or even a house. BTW, this is the Porter in Quay County, not one of the other 2 Porters in the state. If you know what it was, please write me at mu23@msn.com.

This New Mexico town is the most haunted in the state

(Sixgun Siding)

(KFDA) … With New Mexico’s wild west history, it’s no surprise that several of the state’s cities have some well-known ghost stories.

What may surprise you is that the town of Clayton has the most places considered haunted in the state. Continued

Where's Dan Bogan?

Have you seen this man?

(Wikipedia) Dan Bogan (1860 – after 1889) was an American gunfighter and outlaw of the American Old West, who today is considered to have been one of the most underrated gunmen of the 19th century west.
... In his book "A Lonestar Cowboy," published in 1919, Charlie Siringo revealed that he believed Bogan was still living, and that he had reason to believe Bogan had returned to the United States under yet another assumed name, married, settled in southwestern New Mexico, and raised a family on a small ranch. However, he never revealed the identity of who he believed Bogan to be, but suffice to say Siringo felt all but certain he knew these facts.
In some support of Siringo's allegations, former Bogan friend A. C. Campbell stated in 1931 that the last he heard of Bogan, he was alive and well with a family, operating a small ranch under an assumed name in Texas. Continued

William "Bronco Bill" Walters

From "Stagecoach," 1939

(Wikipedia) William Walters, also known as "Bronco Bill" (1869 - 1933?) was an outlaw during the closing days of the Old West. He is best known for the legend of his "lost treasure", allegedly located in the area of Solomonville, Arizona.

Bill Walters was born in Fort Sill, in Oklahoma Territory. He worked most of his youth as a cowboy, then began working for the Santa Fe Railroad as a section hand. Shortly after becoming employed by the railroad, Walters became involved in train robberies and the robberies of stagecoaches.

He began riding with the Black Jack Ketchum Gang around 1893, where he is believed to have committed at least two murders. He soon coaxed some of the gang members to leave with him, and form their own gang concentrating on the robbery of Wells Fargo shipments. It would be in this endeavor that he saw his greatest success. Continued

Anybody know what this is?

I imagine it was some sort of roadside business, gas or food or whatever, but I don't know exactly. And why the funny shape? Was it to look like an oil well, a windmill, a kiln, what? It's located about 5 miles west of Tucumcari on old Route 66, not far from the old swim park. There is another one, just like it, a few hundred yards away.

UPDATE: According to the good people at the Tucumcari Historical Museum, it's a pump house. I assume it was to pump water to the pool at the nearby park, which was quite large. More on the park soon.

Where's Dan Bogan?

Have you seen this man?

(Wikipedia) Dan Bogan (1860 – after 1889) was an American gunfighter and outlaw of the American Old West, who today is considered to have been one of the most underrated gunmen of the 19th century west.
... In his book "A Lonestar Cowboy", published in 1919, Charlie Siringo revealed that he believed Bogan was still living, and that he had reason to believe Bogan had returned to the United States under yet another assumed name, married, settled in southwestern New Mexico, and raised a family on a small ranch. However, he never revealed the identity of who he believed Bogan to be, but suffice to say Siringo felt all but certain he knew these facts.
In some support of Siringo's allegations, former Bogan friend A. C. Campbell stated in 1931 that the last he heard of Bogan, he was alive and well with a family, operating a small ranch under an assumed name in Texas. Continued