Roswell area events host gaming, health fair and market day
Roswell Mall hosts noon to 6 p.m. gaming with larger titles and option to bring own games. Spirit of 45 BBQ buffet honors veterans Monday 5 to 7 pm at Cattleman’s Kountry Kitchen 2010 S Main St with free for veterans and spouses. La Casa Health Center hosts free community health fair Saturday Aug 18 11 am to 2 pm at 110 E Mescale ro Road with vaccines screenings and activities. A 5K starts 8 am at Enchanted Lands Park 306 N Sycamore Ave with 7 am registration. Farmers Market runs Saturdays 7 to 11 am at Chaves County Courthouse lawn. Details at lacasahealth and mainstreetroswell.org.
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Cattleman’s Kountry Kitchen
S. Main St
la Casa Family Health Center
la Casa Behavioral Health
E. Mescalero Road
Enchanted Lands Park
N. Sycamore Ave
Jbjohnson
Lacasahealth.com
Chaves County
Mainstreetroswell.org
Around Town community events calendar notice
Roswell Daily Record outlines submission rules for Around Town a free calendar of upcoming public events Submissions must be within 30 days of the event and 50 words or fewer The Sunday deadline is noon Wednesday Email Around Town submissions to vistas rdrnews.com.
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Roswell Daily Record
Vistas
Rdrnews
Corrections to Last Week's Vis Tas Feature
Corrections notice for last week's Vis tas feature. Hedda P Saltz is misidentified. Ray Pawley’s feature title misnamed. Slover Ranch and Peloncillo Mountains misidentified. Pawley does not keep snakes in the plastic tubes he invented.
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Hedda P. Saltz
Ray Pawley
Slover Ranch
Peloncillo Mountains
Pawley
Gonzalez family honored at 37th Heritage Dinner in southeast New Mexico
The 37th Annual Heritage Dinner at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair grounds saluted Merced and Francisca Gonzalez for their long community service. About 150 to 200 attendees celebrated with photos videos and speeches while fund raising for the Historical Society for Southeast New Mexico.
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Historical Society For
New Mexico
Merced
Francisca Gonzalez
Eastern
New Mexico State Fairgrounds
Amy McVay-Davis
The
Historical Society
Xcel Energy
McVay-Davis
Memory Lane
John LeMay
Gonzalez
Janu
Ary
Prudence Salinas
North Sea Ave
Isidro Gonzalez
Merced and
Francisca
Danielle Gonzalez
Eastern New Mexico University
Roswell
Mexico
Littlefield Legacy Shaped Texas Cattle and Texas History
George Washington Littlefield, born 1842 in Mississippi, rose from a Confederate officer to a Texas regent and cattleman. He fought at Shiloh Perryville and Chickamauga, was wounded at Mossy Creek, then turned to business in Gonzales, launching cattle drives and a dry goods store with J C Dilworth as he rebuilt after war.
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George Washington Littlefield
University of Texas
Mississippi
Littlefield
Texas
8Th Texas Cavalry
Terry’s
Texas Rangers
Shiloh
Tennessee
Perryville
Kentucky
Chickamauga
Mossy Creek
Gonzales County
South Texas
Kansas
Gonzales
J.C. Dilworth
Caldwell
Littlefield Bronze Doors at American National Bank Entrance
Massive 10.5 by 7 foot bronze doors weighing 2.5 tons were commissioned by Littlefield for the entrance to the American National Bank on Congress Avenue and Sixth Street in Austin. Sculpted in 1911 the doors curve to face the city street. The top left panel depicts two cowboys with the date 1883, tied to Bosque headquarters, while the middle panels show Mescalero Spring scenes from Four Lakes Ranch. Photo courtesy of the Historical Society for Southeastern New Mexico.
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Littlefield
American National Bank
Austin
Congress Avenue
Sixth Street
Bosque
Mescalero Spring
Four Lakes Ranch
the Historical Society For
Southeastern New Mexico
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Roswell Mall
Farmer’s Market
Lisa Dunlap Photo
Isadora Rodriguez
Temprynce Lopez
Anamarie Gurule
Mayela Gurule
the Merced and
Francisca Gonzalec Famili
Ely Mesic
Danielle Gonzales
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