AfroFrontierism: Blackdom (1900 - 1930)
Timothy E. Nelson, Ph.D., Historian

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Most recently published articles (at the top) - Celebrating the Blackdom Centennial

#HōmstedClass Esther Q. Herron | [TWP 14S - RNG 24E / SEC 3, 4] October 19, 1917
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Roswell Daily Record Friday, October 18, 1957
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#NiggerTown | Hereford [TX] Reporter, October 16, 1903
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New Mexico to Have Nigger Town

The Blackdom Townsite Company with F. M. Bayer [Boyer], A. M. president proposes to establish a town exclusively for negroes in Chaves county, near the line of the Pecos Valley railroad the opening will occur May 1, 1904, at which time the promoters propose to locate 10,000 negroes.

Hereford Reporter October 16, 1903 pg 1

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#BlackdomTownsiteCo | "50 Years Ago" Friday, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 14, 1960

50 years ago: A Letter from Blackdom, 20 miles south of Roswell and near Dexter, states that Blackdom is the only exclusive Negro settlement in New Mexico, and that the colored people have taken up 10,000 acres in homesteads and will install a pump plant, The Community has built a commodious school house.

1910 / 50 years ago….

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#BlackdomWantsASchool | Santa Fe New Mexican October 13, 1910

BLACKDOM WANTS A SCHOOL | 

SIX THOUSAND FOR MILEAGE  |

Appropriation in Enabling Act Will Not Pay all Expenses | The territorial board of education met this afternoon and discussed recommendations for constitutional provisions. Tomorrow it will meet with the committee on education and will also take up applications for about  seventy-five certificates.

Territorial Funds | Territorial Treasurer M. A. Otero today received the following funds From Territorial Auditor W. G. Sargent, $2,200, dining car licenses of the El Paso and Southwestern railway; James Sutherland, Chaves county, $1,773.30; Gregory Page, McKinley country, $24.35; from Game Warden Thomas P. Gable, $27.50; interest on territorial deposits, $1,152.01.

Who Pays the Taxes | In Dona Ana county, according to Travelling Auditor Charles V Safford, the railroad assessment is 42.50 percent of the whole. The other percentages are; Agricultural lands .31, city lots and improvements 10.6, grazing lands 1.2, merchandise 3.4, cattle 1.9, horses 1.6, wagons, implements and harness 1.4, household goods 1.mineral lands .3 and all other cases 1.8.

School Census | Superintendent of Public Instruction James E. Clark reports that the school census for 1910 gives Bernalillo county 7821 persons of school age, 3716 being boys and 3695 girls.

Exclusive Negro Settlement | Superintendent of Public Instruction James E. Clark today had a letter Blackdom, twenty miles south of Roswell and near Dexter, Chaves county, asking for advise as to school curriculum, The letter states that Blackdom is the only exclusive negro settlement in New Mexico, that the colored people have taken up 10,000 acres in homesteads and will instll a pumping plant. The community has built a commodious school house and now asks for assistance in arranging for the curriculum and a teacher.

The Santa Fe New Mexican | October 13, 1910

The Santa Fe New Mexican | October 13, 1910

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#HōmstedClass Ulysses G. Herron | [TWP 14S - RNG 24E / SEC 9] October 11, 1920
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