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Cimarron 1872
By Matt RHistory
Cimarron 1872 episodes
- Episode 52 - “The sheriff seized this morning all Pritchard’s stock at the corral”
Mr Morley has left to meet Mr Collison, so will Collison finally get to Cimarron?
9 min - Episode 51 - “The days are calm and very beautiful”
Henry is still waiting for Collison to arrive, and displays his sense of humour.
9 min - Episode 50 - “We are, perhaps, the most economical people in Cimarron”
Henry writes that Mr Collison’s arrival in Cimarron is keenly awaited.
9 min - Episode 49 - “I was a mucho bueno hombre Ingles”
This is a very chatty letter to Gilbert who was sent back to England from Cimarron to go to school.
9 min - Episode 48 - “I believe there are diamonds in the neighbourhood of Cimarron”
Henry waxes lyrical about the beauty of New Mexico, and laments yet another brewing failure.
9 min - Episode 47 - “I don’t think we can complain much of Cimarron”
Henry goes out and about the countryside in wagons.
10 min - Episode 46 - “A lighted candle in one hand, and a cocked revolver in the other”
Henry complains about the expense of living in Cimarron, and hunts down strange noises in the night.
8 min - Episode 45 - “I haven’t done an hour’s work in the office for a week”
This letter is mainly concerned with family and business in England.
8 min - Episode 44 - “I should think there were about 2,000 flashes an hour”
This letter has yet more of one of Henry’s favourite topics - the weather.
8 min - Episode 43 - “I wish I had known there would have been no schools here”
This letter was written later on the same day as the previous episode after Henry has thought some more about Gilbert’s future.
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About Cimarron 1872
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Matt Ruglys reads from letters sent by his great great grandfather, Henry Tinson, from Cimarron, New Mexico between 1871 and 1873. The letters describe life and work in the American west.