Richard Hudson, seventy-three years of age, passed away on April 14, 1912.
He was one of the most widely known of the early southern New Mexico pioneers.
Born in England, he came to California as a child.
In 1861, he helped organize the 1st California Regiment and became a Colonel under General James H Carleton, commander of the California Column which joined the Civil War on the union side. This army of 2,500 men reached the Rio Grande River on August 12, 1862 and there helped quell the hostile Indians. The march of the California Column and its operations is a story of its own.
Colonel Hudson was mustered out of the army at Fort Union, New Mexico on October 17, 1866 and became the first sheriff of Grant County (Harvey Whitehill being the first elected Sheriff) when it was established in 1868.
In the early 1870s, Dick and his wife, Mary Stevens Hudson, bought a hot springs, known as Ojo Caliente, from Virgil Maston which during the 80s and 90s became famous as Hudson Hot Springs. They built a large hotel, stage stop, and cattle ranch. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1892 and none of the original buildings remain at the area now known as Faywood Hot Springs located between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.
After the fire, they moved to Silver City and ran the Timmer House. Dick was for years the probate judge of Grant County and when Miguel Antonio Otero was appointed Territorial Governor of New Mexico in 1897, Dick was in Washington as part of the delegation.
Dick and Mary adopted a child named Mayme Ida, who married Medric Boucher and they lived in Long Beach, California. There are no other descendants of Dick and Mary Hudson.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Eugenia Stevens Hudson; and his daughter, Mayme Ida Hudson Boucher.
He was one of the most widely known of the early southern New Mexico pioneers.
Born in England, he came to California as a child.
In 1861, he helped organize the 1st California Regiment and became a Colonel under General James H Carleton, commander of the California Column which joined the Civil War on the union side. This army of 2,500 men reached the Rio Grande River on August 12, 1862 and there helped quell the hostile Indians. The march of the California Column and its operations is a story of its own.
Colonel Hudson was mustered out of the army at Fort Union, New Mexico on October 17, 1866 and became the first sheriff of Grant County (Harvey Whitehill being the first elected Sheriff) when it was established in 1868.
In the early 1870s, Dick and his wife, Mary Stevens Hudson, bought a hot springs, known as Ojo Caliente, from Virgil Maston which during the 80s and 90s became famous as Hudson Hot Springs. They built a large hotel, stage stop, and cattle ranch. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1892 and none of the original buildings remain at the area now known as Faywood Hot Springs located between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.
After the fire, they moved to Silver City and ran the Timmer House. Dick was for years the probate judge of Grant County and when Miguel Antonio Otero was appointed Territorial Governor of New Mexico in 1897, Dick was in Washington as part of the delegation.
Dick and Mary adopted a child named Mayme Ida, who married Medric Boucher and they lived in Long Beach, California. There are no other descendants of Dick and Mary Hudson.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Eugenia Stevens Hudson; and his daughter, Mayme Ida Hudson Boucher.
Richard Hudson, seventy-three years of age, passed away on April 14, 1912.
He was one of the most widely known of the early southern New Mexico pioneers.
Born in England, he came to California as a child.
In 1861, he helped organize the 1st California Regiment and became a Colonel under General James H Carleton, commander of the California Column which joined the Civil War on the union side. This army of 2,500 men reached the Rio Grande River on August 12, 1862 and there helped quell the hostile Indians. The march of the California Column and its operations is a story of its own.
Colonel Hudson was mustered out of the army at Fort Union, New Mexico on October 17, 1866 and became the first sheriff of Grant County (Harvey Whitehill being the first elected Sheriff) when it was established in 1868.
In the early 1870s, Dick and his wife, Mary Stevens Hudson, bought a hot springs, known as Ojo Caliente, from Virgil Maston which during the 80s and 90s became famous as Hudson Hot Springs. They built a large hotel, stage stop, and cattle ranch. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1892 and none of the original buildings remain at the area now known as Faywood Hot Springs located between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.
After the fire, they moved to Silver City and ran the Timmer House. Dick was for years the probate judge of Grant County and when Miguel Antonio Otero was appointed Territorial Governor of New Mexico in 1897, Dick was in Washington as part of the delegation.
Dick and Mary adopted a child named Mayme Ida, who married Medric Boucher and they lived in Long Beach, California. There are no other descendants of Dick and Mary Hudson.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Eugenia Stevens Hudson; and his daughter, Mayme Ida Hudson Boucher.
He was one of the most widely known of the early southern New Mexico pioneers.
Born in England, he came to California as a child.
In 1861, he helped organize the 1st California Regiment and became a Colonel under General James H Carleton, commander of the California Column which joined the Civil War on the union side. This army of 2,500 men reached the Rio Grande River on August 12, 1862 and there helped quell the hostile Indians. The march of the California Column and its operations is a story of its own.
Colonel Hudson was mustered out of the army at Fort Union, New Mexico on October 17, 1866 and became the first sheriff of Grant County (Harvey Whitehill being the first elected Sheriff) when it was established in 1868.
In the early 1870s, Dick and his wife, Mary Stevens Hudson, bought a hot springs, known as Ojo Caliente, from Virgil Maston which during the 80s and 90s became famous as Hudson Hot Springs. They built a large hotel, stage stop, and cattle ranch. The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1892 and none of the original buildings remain at the area now known as Faywood Hot Springs located between Deming and Silver City, New Mexico.
After the fire, they moved to Silver City and ran the Timmer House. Dick was for years the probate judge of Grant County and when Miguel Antonio Otero was appointed Territorial Governor of New Mexico in 1897, Dick was in Washington as part of the delegation.
Dick and Mary adopted a child named Mayme Ida, who married Medric Boucher and they lived in Long Beach, California. There are no other descendants of Dick and Mary Hudson.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Eugenia Stevens Hudson; and his daughter, Mayme Ida Hudson Boucher.
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