Discover the Three Rivers Area with Gary Cozzens
Join us at the Capitan Public Library on Friday, April 3, at 7 p.m. for the April First Friday event: local historian and author, Gary Cozzens, introducing and discussing his latest book, Tres Ritos.
In Tres Ritos, Cozzens tells the stories of a small but intriguing place in New Mexico history. He will share with the audience snippets and photographs from his book to intrigue us to further discover the one-thousand years of fascinating history flowing from the Three Rivers Valley in New Mexico.
Tres Ritos was first settled by the Jornada Mogollon in AD 900, and these ancient farmers left their presence in the form of more than twenty-one thousand petroglyphs along a mile-long ridge. The valley was visited by Spanish explorers in the 1600s and became the homeland of the Mescalero Apache about the same time.
Patrick Coghlan, the “Cattle King of Tularosa,” built a major ranch here with his cattle being supplied by Billy the Kid. Susan McSween Barber, the widow of Alexander McSween of Lincoln County War fame, prospered here as the “Cattle Queen of New Mexico". Albert Fall, infamous for his participation in the Tea Pot Dome scandal, owned Coghlan’s ranch. There are many more historical tales and photographs to discover in Tres Rios.
A native New Mexican, Gary Cozzens grew up in Portales, graduated from Portales High School and Eastern New Mexico University earning a double major in history and political science. Following graduation he served in the United States Marine Corps for a total of 24 years, including Operation Desert Storm, and retired as a Major in 1999.
Cozzens is currently the Manager of Lincoln Historic Site in Lincoln, New Mexico. He is a member of the Lincoln County Historical Society, the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, the Lincoln County Site Watch program and a member of the Historical Society of New Mexico and the Friends of Historic Lincoln.
Cozzens is the author of the books The Nogal Mesa and Capitan, published by The History Press.
Refreshments will be served following the book presentation.
Tres Ritos books will be available for the audience to purchase and have signed by the author.
For more information call Capitan Public Library at 575-354-3035.
The library is located at 101 E. 2nd Street, Capitan, NM. Visit us online at: www.capitanlibrary.org OR www.capitanlibrary.blogspot.com
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