DEMING - New Mexico
N 32° 17.024 W 107° 45.686
13S E 239930 N 3575235
Deming Historical Sign,Deming New Mexico
Waymark Code: WM1G8R
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2007
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Deming is the county seat of Luna County and was founded in November, 1881.
Named for Mary Deming Crocker, wife of a railroad executive of the Southern Pacific Railway system.
The town was the result of railroad expansion to the West.
The Southern Pacific reached this point in 1881 and made preparations for the construction of a round house and repair shops.
The business district of Deming is located on what was a Wayndotte Script Location.
As the result of treaties with the Wayndotte Indians on March 17, 1842 and January 31, 1855, the U.S. government issued land warrants, later termed Wayndotte Script, which were good for land in the public domain.
With a population of 1600 persons in 1887, Deming had two Schools, one public and one private, a Methodist and a Congregational Church and four hotels.
By 1891, there were in addition to the other church's an Episcopal and a Catholic church which was being built.
There were two newspapers, the Headlight,which is still in existence and the Advance.
It is also where I graduated from High School in 1977.
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