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Application for Brand Registration
Application for the registration of cattle brands belonging to the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company in the state of New Mexico. The application is addressed to the Secretary of the New Mexico Health Department, James A. Reer. A note from the secretary is handwritten in English on the back explaining why the document was returned.
Date:
189X
Creator:
New Mexico
Object Type:
Legal Document
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
[Envelopes from San Simon Cattle and Canal Company Records]
Collection of envelopes in which Dock Dilworth Parramore stored various company records such as letters and field notes. A note on the largest envelope was handwritten by W. J. Sellers in 1963 explaining his own reasons for keeping the envelopes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Hand Drawn Map of Cienega River Ditch]
Hand drawn map of the Cienega River Ditch land stretching across the border between Arizona and New Mexico. Part of the map is highlighted in orange, showing what appears to be the path of the San Simon River Valley. Various handwritten notes, calculations, and coordinates are written on the front and back of the page.
Date:
193X
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Map
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
[Receipt of Cattle Sale]
Receipt acknowledging the sale of cattle from D. D. Parramore to Cliff Roberton.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company Stock Certificates
Book filled with stock certificates of the San Simon Cattle and Canal Company bought by various members, with information on the date of issuance, date of surrender, and new certificate numbers received. Cancelled certificates are marked so with paper notes or red ink. A photograph of a building and a few loose paper notes and letters are tucked into some of the pages.
Date:
{1885..1914}
Creator:
San Simon Cattle and Canal Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Assets of San Simon Cattle Company Partnership]
Financial asset figures of the San Simon Cattle Company Partnership between 1920 and 1940. A handwritten note at the top reads, "These figures for my books, The deficiencies in assets figures".
Date:
1940~
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Description from D. D. Parramore of Ranch Photos]
Commentary from Dock Dilworth Parramore on a series of ranch photos and a particularly successful cattle drive during a drought.
Date:
1935
Creator:
Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore, February 10, 1931]
Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing the filing of maps and a statement of the Cienega Ditch and making suggestions on raising the value of the property by adding a water ditch on the Arizona side.
Date:
February 10, 1931
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
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
[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
[Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore, January 28, 1931]
Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing mapping and measurements of the Cienega Ditch Property. A handwritten note at the bottom of the letter reads, "Regarding the ownership of the Cienega, the notes and affidavit only intend to show the owner - no difference how you obtained it or when."
Date:
January 28, 1931
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
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
[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
[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
[Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore, January 7, 1931
Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore discussing why Mr. Atwood is out office, promising to complete a map of the Cienega Ditch while having Atwood draw up a form of oath for Parramore, Sugart, and Chinoweth to sign. He requests the first initials of Chinoweth and Sugart, to which a response is written at the bottom of the page from Dock Dilworth Parramore that reads, "Called Cienega Ditch. Wm Sugart Charles Chinoweth. D.D.P."
Date:
January 7, 1931
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Cienega Ditch
Photocopy of a map of the Cienega Ditch land in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, scale 1:500. The map shows the path of the San Simon River Valley and the land the river irrigates. Handwritten marking show minor geographic features.
Date:
1931
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore, November 19, 1930]
Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing an enclosed letter from the New Mexico State Engineer to Mr. Wells regarding water rights to the Cienega Ditch Property.
Date:
November 19, 1930
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore, November 12, 1930]
Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore discussing land survey notes from the Arizona side of the Cienega Ditch property and intentions to obtain more legal data about water rights pertaining to the ditch.
Date:
November 12, 1930
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
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. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore, October 24, 1930]
Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore discussing blueprints and mapped measurements of land on the San Simon River.
Date:
October 24, 1930
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore, October 21, 1930]
Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing the necessary steps and requirements for making an official map of the Cienega Ditch Property.
Date:
October 21, 1930
Creator:
Wells, J. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Field Notes: Cienega Lands in Arizona, 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 Arizona. 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