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Courtnghi came to new we*-Ico in 1BB2 at the request of Col. Albert J. Fountain of Mesilla to “clean up the tough mining town of Lake Valley, now a ghost town 16 miles south oi Hillsboro. The fearless marshal and his six-shooters brought law and order to Lake Valley after {slightly increasing the sire of the local cemetery.In 1BB3, Courtright went to work for the big American Valley Ranch near present Quc-made, then in Socorro County but now in Catron Countyt The American Valley Ranch was (founded in the spring of 1880 by Caot. J. Casey, who in July of that year look in W. C. (Bill) Moore as his partner.The cattle ranch began w expand, causing continued Inc-'tiou with homesteaders andsheepmen in that area. Court-right reportedly was given the job of foreman with special orders to frea the big range of“squatters,” . . ^Among these homesteaders were Grossetete and Rising, who had a claim at the Gallo Springs.In an Off the Beaten Fajn interview last year, Mr. Landau recalled that his uncle (Gross*-tetel and Elsjng refused an offer by the big ranch to buy their claim. Shortly ‘afterward, the bullet-riddled bodies of the two men were found on the rai?*f: Death had come to Grossetele just nine days after his marriageat Socorro. ,A grand Jury, which wat in session in Albuquerque at the time, called in several witnesses and promptly returned a, murder indictment qgamst six officials and employes of ine American Valley Ranch.The indictment named Casey and Moore, the owners* Jim Courtright, foreman; D. L. Mc-1 All Is ter, general manager; James McIntyre and Miller Scott.The interesting events that followed will be told in this column on Thursday.feud and chaii Com helm to bi But: As OppE K-bc to bt thataceu.voteientisfightpomstub
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Albuquerque Tribune
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Mon, Apr 26, 1954
Page 25
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