Historically Speaking: Uncle Rufe recalls first 'All American Ball' on Christmas day in 1880
Copyright © 2021 Roswell Daily Record By Janice Dunnahoo Special to the Daily Record Last week’s article was about a Christmas dance out in New Mexico’s ranch country. In keeping with early Christmas traditions here, I thought I would share one more Christmas dance story with you before Christmas. This one is a more historically factual story that took place at the Chisum Jinglebob Ranch, as told by my husband’s great-great-grandfather, Rufus Henry Dunnahoo, who was the first blacksmith in Roswell, and a fiddle player. The writer of this story, Jim Mullens, was Rufe Dunnahoo’s stepso...
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