Alamogordo, New Mexico, City Directories
El Paso, Texas, City Directories
New Mexico State Business Directories - 1930

Harwell, June, interview, January 22, 2000.
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous 
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Apuzzo, Robert
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Cernetisch, Fred
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Farran, Fred
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Frantz, Joe B.
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Gallagher, T. F.
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Giarde, Jeffery L.
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Peterson, Arthur G.
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Pollard, Gordon
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Prendergrast, Samuel G.
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Rawlinson, Fred
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Richardson, Charles G. 
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Ryan, Dan
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Scharnowske, Jeff
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Spearman, Linda M.
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Stewart, Regina and Geraldine Cosentino
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Taylor, Gordon A.
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[TBHS] Tularosa Basin Historical Society
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[TBHS] Tularosa Basin Historical Society
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Tutton, John
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