An Exclusive Negro Settlement | Santa Fe New Mexican October 1, 1903
Borderlands and the AfrōFrontier | 60th Annual WHA Conference
The Blackdom Townsite
An Exclusive Negro Settlement to Be Located In Southern Part of Chaves County
A town and settlement exclusively for negroes is being organized in the southern part of Chaves County, within the artesian belt, some few miles from the Pecos valley railroad. The promoters of this settlement expect to settle 10,000 people at one time, so as to avoid the enactment of a special law by congress, debarring anyone but colored settlers from certain townships.
The settlement promoters style themselves the Blackdom Townsite Company, and May 1, 1904, has been decided upon as the opening day. The officers of the company which is capitalized at $10,000, are F. M. Boyer, A. M., President; Rev. Isaac N. Jones. Vice President; Professor D. G. Keyes, secretary, and Burrell Dickerson, treasurer. The address of President Boyer is Dexter, N. M.
While artesian wells are for the basis of water supply for the town site, the company expects to operate a large number of irrigation pumps, with pumping systems in charge of expert machinists and engineers.
The president of the company has written to the secretary of the bureau of immigration asking for 500 or more of the Chaves county pamphlets. He also wishes information regarding pumping systems, and the pumps best adapted to irrigation in New Mexico.
The Company also desires to secure concessions from the railroads on which their colonists will have to travel. Most of the colonists will come from the south and bring with them cattle and swine. A canning factory is also to be erected on the Blackdom townsite.
Santa Fe New Mexican October 1 1903
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