Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Editor's note: Marlowe J. Churchill's family secrets have been largely buried since 1926. His search for truth brought him to Parmer County in 2017 and he recently completed a manuscript detailing the violent death of his great aunt and her eight children, who are buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery south of Farwell. This is the first of a three-part excerpt from his unpublished book. The series continues Sunday. The "History of Parmer County, Texas," published by the Parmer County...
Editor’s note: Marlowe J. Churchill is a great nephew of Susie Hassell, one of the region’s most infamous crime victims. His search for truth about his family’s story will be published in a three-part series beginning today. Traffic was backed up at the railroad crossing that connects Farwell and Texico, two tiny towns that once competed for the wages of cowboys anxious to take a load off of their saddles more than 100 years ago. More saloons and prostitutes than any place within 100 miles, visitors were promised long ago....
