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New Mexico Stories: Susan Hummer McSween, Lincoln County War Figure, “The Cattle Queen of New Mexico” (1845 – 1931)
Susan Hummer was born at Gettysburg, PA. She moved to Kansas as a young woman and married Alexander McSween there in 1873. The two of them moved on to New Mexico and arrived in Lincoln in March 1975., just in time for Alex to get involved in the circumstances that led up to the Lincoln County War (1878 – 1881). When the shooting ended, Alex was dead. Susan went on to experience numerous adventures; ad married George Barber in 1880. Together they started ranching at Three Rivers and at one time had a herd of 8,000 head. She divorced Barber in 1892 and operated the ranch until 1917, when she sold it to Albert Bacon Fall. She moved to White Oaks where she resided for the remainder of her life. She was buried there.
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Text from the NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHIES, by Don Bullis. Publisher: Rio Grande Books
Image from the Find a Grave website.
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New Mexico Stories
A series of compelling accounts of life in old New Mexico featuring brief biographies of WOMEN and ARTISTS who were born when New Mexico was a territory and lived to see it become a state, plus vignettes of life experiences as told IN THEIR OWN WORDS.
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