1898 SAN MARCIAL NEW MEXICO ghost town A. H. Sutherland METHODIST PREACHER Texas

Description

PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING:
I ell ONLY ORIGINAL items and NOT ANY reproductions.
This sale is for one, original, hand written LETTER
from
A. H.  SUTHERLAND
of
SAN MARCIAL , NEW MEXICO
(hand written and signed
by
Sutherland)
in the year
1898
.. which is now
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The letter is addressed to Monteith & Pendleton, Attorneys at Law, Belton, Texas.   (these attorneys had an abstract firm in Belton).
Alexander Hamillton Sutherland
was a Methodist preacher. Served church in San Marcial. Born in Texas 1848, died in El Paso 1917, buried in Las Cruces, NM .
The content of the letter has something to do with "the Dickson land of 280 acres you recorded for the Dickson heirs several years ago"  ... and Sutherland says he is one of the heirs of the land and he wants "the matter attended to  and the affair settled as soon as possible without the property being sacrificed, that is, sold for less than it is worth."  I do not know if the land he is talking about is in New Mexico or if it is in Texas.
The following is a very brief history: The original town of San Marcial had its beginning in the early 1850s on the east bank of the Rio Grande a few miles south of what was then Fort Conrad. In 1866, the town was wiped away by a flood. Fort Conrad had been relocated to the west bank of the Rio Grande a few years before the flood. That provided reason to rebuild San Marcial on the west bank and the people lost no time in re-establishing their community. No sooner had the new town began to grow than, in July of 1881, it was nearly totally destroyed by fire. Once again, the town was rebuilt and grew to a community of a thousand residents and became the center for agricultural and irrigation projects. By 1929 the population peaked at fourteen hundred. Then on the night of August 13, the waters of the mighty Rio Grande began to rise and soon reached flood stage. By the next morning the town was submerged up to the second floor of the buildings. Most of the residents, seeing their homes a total loss, left. The only visual evidence remaining today is a lonely cemetery hidden in the mesquite. Very interesting content to this historical letter.
CONDITION:
Letter
has normal letter folds, letter is toned from age, letter is in good condition (has one file hole at top left side).  The "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the letter.
Approximate size of letter is
8" X 10".
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