Mabel Sibley Jones
In 1890, Mabel Sibley Jones became the first teacher in the small, frontier town of Tajique in New Mexico Territory. She rode the train from Wilmington, Delaware and Tajique mercantile owner Elisha Dow met her in Santa Fe. He had publicized for a teacher through the Presbyterian Home Missions Society and other teacher agencies and Mabel agreed to teach in Tajique’s first school.
They traveled between Santa Fe and Tajique in Elisha Dow’s covered wagon. Mabel described the experience in a short story she sent Elisha Dow in 1952. She wrote, “We stopped at a roadhouse that evening and spent the night without disrobing and slept in a room where others were resting.” The next day they drove along the eastern slopes of the Manzano Mountains reaching Tajique after midnight.
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In 1890, Mabel Sibley Jones became the first teacher in the small, frontier town of Tajique in New Mexico Territory. She rode the train from Wilmington, Delaware and Tajique mercantile owner Elisha Dow met her in Santa Fe. He had publicized for a teacher through the Presbyterian Home Missions Society and other teacher agencies and Mabel agreed to teach in Tajique’s first school.
They traveled between Santa Fe and Tajique in Elisha Dow’s covered wagon. Mabel described the experience in a short story she sent Elisha Dow in 1952. She wrote, “We stopped at a roadhouse that evening and spent the night without disrobing and slept in a room where others were resting.” The next day they drove along the eastern slopes of the Manzano Mountains reaching Tajique after midnight.
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 Mabel Sibley Jones story or click on the Download Files to read the whole story.
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