This is probably land that was owned by John Stout Bushong as he was in Portales, New Mexico around that time. On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Russell Bushong <chochoruss@aol.com> wrote: > > > > The El Paso Herald > Monday, Evening, 19 August 1912 > Page 3, Column 1 > > IMPORTANT SALES OF LAND IN PORTALES > OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS MEN BUY PROPERTY; PROMINENT EDUCATORS LECTURE. > > PORTALES, New Mexico, 19 August -- Several important land deals have been > made here during the past week. > The Reid Land company has sold the Bushong place, a few miles west of > town, to Dr. D. W. Miller, of Blackwell, Oklahoma, the Peterson place, > which is under irrigation, to Dr. Reid, from Kansas, and has traded some > good property to Frank Heilman, of Clovis. > ------------------- > I am thinking that this property belonged to H. R. Bushong who died in > 1918. > ------------------- > Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOSCHONG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >