Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Remembering the 1926 slaying of a Farwell family.
Marlowe Churchill, left, and Farwell native Will Anderson explore the site of the 1926 violence that left nine dead. The Hassell home was about three miles northeast of Farwell.
FARWELL — Marlowe Churchill has heard his family story many times.
But it didn't become real for him until Tuesday. That's when he placed his hands on the gravemarker, followed the letters of the nine names carved into the stone, and felt the tears....
