Jefferson Hunt Research Paper

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Joseph Tietjen married Maud Hunt in 1898 in Gallup (which was then in Bernalillo County). We need to tell a little of her story. Her grandfather, Charles Jefferson Hunt, was Captain of Company A of the Mormon Battalion. The Batallion consisted of five hundred Mormon men who joined the U.S. Army and marched from Ft. Leavenworth Kansas to San Diego California. It was the longest military march in the history of the world. Its purpose was to win the war with Mexico and thus secure to America the territories of Utah, New Mexico, Arizona and California. Jefferson helped settle the colony of San Bernardino, California. He had two wives and Maud descended from his second wife, Matilda Nease. Jefferson Hunt then settled in Utah (Huntsville was named for him) Maud’s father, Thomas, grew up in the horse and cattle business. Perhaps on a trip to Payson, Utah he married Martha Marinda Manwill. Thomas left his family in Idaho and went to Arizona to prospect for gold or silver. In 1885, Geronimo was rounded up and surrendered. Just before he came in, some of his men made one last raid. They were looking for horses and guns and they found …show more content…
Joe Tietjen was supposed to come up and take over the Bryan herd. When he got there, I was the cowboy of the outfit because our horses were poor and give out and I rode Old Jim every day. When I came into camp there was Joe Tietjen and his brother Almy. The next day I had to help gather the cattle. I thought that when he got the cattle that I would never see him again, but we moved back up to Thoreau and camped there. While we were there, I was sent over to the Medler Ranch to buy hay. I was scared to death of dogs. I walked up to knock on the front door and out came a bulldog. I didn’t even knock, but just ran in and slammed the door. It was always a joke, and Mrs. Medler used to laugh and say “That woman doesn’t even knock. She just walks in, slams the door, and stands with her back to the
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