Ella Foley Clayton
In 1916, Ella Foley Clayton followed her mother, brother and sister to New Mexico in order to homestead land at Lucy. Most people have never heard of Lucy, a short-lived railroad town established in 1914 as a water stop on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad line 25 miles east of Mountainair.
Ella was not the typical homesteader, and she had to teach herself how to survive at her frontier home. Shortly after moving to Lucy, she needed to leave the homestead to look for water. She wrote, “I have learned to hitch up the team and can milk a little but am slow as yet. I want to learn so when our heifer is fresh I can milk her.”
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In 1916, Ella Foley Clayton followed her mother, brother and sister to New Mexico in order to homestead land at Lucy. Most people have never heard of Lucy, a short-lived railroad town established in 1914 as a water stop on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad line 25 miles east of Mountainair.
Ella was not the typical homesteader, and she had to teach herself how to survive at her frontier home. Shortly after moving to Lucy, she needed to leave the homestead to look for water. She wrote, “I have learned to hitch up the team and can milk a little but am slow as yet. I want to learn so when our heifer is fresh I can milk her.”
On Demand Performance - KXNM archives Archaeology In Your Backyard as MP3 files, allowing you to listen to your favorite shows on demand, whenever you choose. Click on the audio file below to hear the Ella Foley Clayton story or click on the Download Files to read the whole story.
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