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[Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells, January 23, 1931]
Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells discussing receiving a map of the Cienega Ditch and sending payment for it, signing of legal forms related to the surveying of the ditch, and discussing the existing legal ambiguity of the current ownership of the property. A postscript note at the end of the letter reads, "Am working with Bill Sugart to get Charles Chinoweth or someone else and go up to Lordsburg and sign the papers." The word, "Coppy", is written in pencil at the top of the letter.
Date:
January 23, 1931
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico: Certificate of Brand, May 17, 1897
Certificate approving the registration and use of cattle brands belonging to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company.
Date:
May 17, 1897
Creator:
New Mexico. Cattle Sanitary Board.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[San Simon Cattle Company Partnership Assets]
List of all assets of the San Simon Cattle Company Partnership with a note handwritten at the top that reads, "Corporation was dissolved San Simon Cattle & Canal Co for purpose of distributing assets to owners." Another note is written in pencil on the back of the page that states, "H. C. Parramore died July 30-24- and these land values were used in making his estate return".
Date:
April 3, 1920
Creator:
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Certification of Amended By-Laws]
Document certifying amendments made to the by-laws of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company in 1886.
Date:
October 13, 1886
Creator:
Arizona
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land Ownership Chart]
Hand-drawn chart showing purchases and ownership of plots of land within Arizona and New Mexico on the Cienega Ditch Property.
Date:
188u
Creator:
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart, January 23, 1931]
Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart discussing filing a map of the Cienega Ditch with the surveyor, J. L. Wells, and asking Sugart or Charles Chinoweth to sign as a witness that the ditch existed before 1895. The word, "Coppy", is handwritten in pencil at the top of the letter.
Date:
January 23, 1931
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Consent of San Simon Company Stockholders to Hold First Annual Meeting]
Document signed by all stockholders of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company consenting to initiate the company's first stockholder meeting. Similar information is repeated in a brief section on the back of the paper.
Date:
September 15, 1885
Creator:
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board Certificate of Brand]
Document certifying the filing of a bill of sale from George W. Walker to San Simon Cattle and Canal Company of particular livestock brands. Illustrations of livestock with the brands in question are printed on the page.
Date:
April 15, 1898
Creator:
Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Page to J. H. Parramore, September 25, 1913]
Letter from John H. Page to James Harrison Parramore discussing adjustments to land scrip claims. Coordinance notes are hand-drawn in pencil near the right margin of the page.
Date:
September 25, 1913
Creator:
Page, John H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Page to D. D. Parramore, May 4, 1918]
Letter from John H. Page to D. D. Parramore discussing the water rights to a piece of Parramore's property on which a homesteader named Florence A. Belinger resides.
Date:
May 4, 1918
Creator:
Page, John H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore, January 20, 1931]
Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore discussing a completed map of the Cienega Ditch and the final steps needed to officially file it in Santa Fe.
Date:
January 20, 1931
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[County Recorder Notice of Filed Articles of Incorporation]
Record certifying the filing of the Articles of Incorporation of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company in the county of Pima, Arizona. Several later filing dates of the notice by various people are marked on the back.
Date:
April 29, 1885
Creator:
Sampson, A. B.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. D. Jordon to D. D. Parramore, December 21, 1919]
Letter from J. D. Jordon to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing an anecdote about a payment receipt that he has also sent.
Date:
December 21, 1919
Creator:
Jordon, J. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cost Calculation of Cienega River Ditch]
Price calculations and notes on a piece of notepaper from The Home Insurance Company. A handwritten note at the bottom of the page reads, "This is what the ditch cost when rebuilt - DDP"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore, October 31, 1930]
Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore discussing measurements of Parramore's property and the need for two men to attest to the existence of the Cienega Ditch to complete a land survey.
Date:
October 31, 1930
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H.. Parramore, January 13, 1916]
Letter from J. J. Wheeler to James Harrison Parramore discussing signed contracts to begin work on repairing the Cienega ditch, how the cattle and mares are doing, water tanks and the lack of rain, and a bad season of the Spanish flu.
Date:
January 13, 1916
Creator:
Wheeler, J. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico: Certificate of Brand, May 22, 1897
Certificate approving the registration and use of cattle brands belonging to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company.
Date:
May 22, 1897
Creator:
New Mexico. Cattle Sanitary Board.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ranch Hands Gathered in front of Ranch House]
Photograph of seventeen ranch hands gathered in a "v" formation with a wooden house and trees in the background. The men are dressed in western attire and all wearing brimmed hats. Some appear to be wearing riding chaps. Handwriting on the bottom right edge of the photo reads, "Noon at Ranch House after dinner".
Date:
1916
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Simon Cattle Company: Directors Minute Book
Book of meetings minutes recorded from the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company Board of Directors. Signed and notarized oaths from the members are written through sections of the book.
Date:
1886-10-13/1914-12-14
Creator:
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Warranty Deed from Mary E. Leverich to San Simon Cattle and Canal Company]
Warranty deed for the sale of land from Mary E. Leverich to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company. The deed notes that the land was originally sold to Mary Leverich by the Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company, and the document is notarized by Owen E. Murphy.
Date:
August 16, 1913
Creator:
Arizona
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H. Parramore, February 4, 1914]
Letter from J. J. Wheeler to J. H. Parramore discussing the death of a mare belonging to E. K. Capeton that was said to have been killed by one of Parramore's bulls in Tom Barker's pasture. Wheeler states that Capeton had the mare in the pasture without Barker's consent and that the death occurred at night with no witnesses, thus claiming the company should not have to reimburse Capeton for his loss.
Date:
February 4, 1914
Creator:
Wheeler, J. J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. B. Atwood to D. D. Parramore, January 29, 1931]
Letter from L. B. Atwood to D. D. Parramore discussing water rights and ownership rights and technicalities about the Cienega property.
Date:
January 29, 1931
Creator:
Atwood, L. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New Mexico Field Notes to Cienega Lands, 1930]
Document specifying boundary lines, natural and man-made land markers, and the quality of sections of land belonging to the Cienega Ditch Property in New Mexico. The distances are measured in units of chains. Arithmetic calculations are handwritten in pencil in the margins of the pages.
Date:
1930
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Filing of Cienega Ditch Map]
Document declaring the filing of a land survey and maps of the Cienega Ditch with the office of the State Engineer of New Mexico as notice of D. D. Parramore's ownership of the land. The document is notarized by Robert M. Reynolds, Florence Clifton, and B. E. Lourt.
Date:
February 3, 1931
Creator:
New Mexico
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History