STAPLETON'S ON THE PLAZA 'MATCH BOOK'

STAPLETON GROCERY ON THE PLAZA, ALSO DRY GOODS WERE THE ONLY ONES AT THAT TIME TO HAVE THEIR NAME ON A MATCH BOOK.

PARK CITY SMELTER W. OF SOCORRO

NEED INFORMATION CONCERNING ABOVE PLEASE USE THE COMMENT OPTION.

STEADMAN FUNERAL HOME

STEADMAN FUNERAL HOME HAS SERVED THE COMMUNITY OF SOCORRO FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
A SUPPORTER OF COMMUNITY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS.

OLD SIGNS AND THINGIES

SOCORRO CITY MAP CIRCA 2007


THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO HAS THE FINEST OF HIGHWAY SIGNS WITH THE CLEAN COATED WOOD PILINGS THE ZIA AND THE INSET OF WHAT YOU ARE SEEING OR APPROACHING ONE CAN SURELY
MISS THIS WHEN YOU LEAVE.


SOCORRO MAP CIRCA 1880s
Bird's-eye view of Socorro, ca. late 1880s. Here is Socorro at the peak of the boom; a train heads west to Magdalena to pick up ore.( you can see the puff of smoke from the train) A train sits puffing at the depot; and a number of historic properties still standing today are visible.


AN AD IN THE 1986 YEAR BOOK FOR HILTON DRUG STORE

STRUCTURES

A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF RESTORATION. THIS OLD BUILDING DATES BACK TO THE TURN OF THE 1900s AND HAS BEEN RESTORED AND BROUGHT TO FRUITFUL USE FOR WE HOPE ANOTHER 100 YEARS.


ATCHISON, TOPEKA, AND THE SANTA FE. THIS IS THE OLD DEPOT IN SOCORRO. NEWSPAPERS,
THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL AND TRIBUNE, AND THE EL PASO POST, WERE ALL PICKED UP BY THE PAPER BOYS AT THE DEPOT. COMBINES, TRACTORS, CARS, TRUCKS, WERE THE SIGHTS THAT YOUNG BOYS WOULD RUSH TO SEE UNLOADED. SAM ZIMMERLY STATION MASTER WOULD ALWAYS BE VERY WATCHFUL TO SEE NONE OF US WERE IN DANGER.


OLD CITY VIEW


AN OLD ADOBE FROM SOMEWHERE IN SOCORRO CIRCA 1913

LEADER BOARD OR MAYOR'S LIST

Mayors of Socorro

William Teli DeBaun 1882-1883
Juan Jose Baca 1883-1884
James L. Leavitt 1884-1885
Ethan W. Eaton 1885-1886
Andrew Bahney 1886-1892
Estanislado V. Chavez 1892-1894
Estevan Baca 1894-1896
A. E. Howell 1896-1897
Elfego Baca 1897-1898
W. E. Martin 1898-1899
Jose E. Torres 1899-1900
Estevan Baca 1900-1901
M. Cooney 1901-1904
Aniceto C. Abeytia 1904-1906
H. O. Bursum 1906-1918
W. J. Eaton 1918-1920
Abran Abeyta 1920-1924
George E. Cook 1924-1928
T. C. Brown 1928-1930
Abran Abeyta 1930-1936
J. O. Gallegos 1936-1948
Holm O. Bursum Jr. 1948-1958
Frank J. Daily 1958-1960
Holm O. Bursum Jr. 1960-1972
Eugene L. Coulson 1972-1978
Tony J. Jaramillo 1978-1986
Angelo Meloro 1986-1988
David Jones Jr. (Interim) 1988-1990
Ravi Bhasker 1990-Present