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>From http://elibrary.unm.edu/oanm/NmLcU/nmlcu1%23ms108/nmlcu1%23ms108_m4.html Historical SketchManley M. Chase was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, October 8, 1842, the son of William Coleman Chase and Mary Gilson. He left home at the age of 15 and lived in the Middle West until 1860, when he moved to Colorado. There he engaged in mining for a while, then went into the meat and freighting business, operating a slaughter house in Denver and supplying beef to the U. S. Army. On October 21, 1860, he married Theresa M. Wade. To this couple were born six children: Lottie, Mason George, Laura, Ida, Mary L., and Stanley M. The Chases came to New Mexico in 1866, where M. M. Chase purchased a one-third interest in John B. Dawson's ranch (part of the Maxwell Land Grant) on the Vermejo River and went into partnership with Dawson to raise both sheep and cattle. In 1871, Chase purchased another part of the original Maxwell grant. He paid 50 cents an acre for 2, 000 acres along Poñil Creek, an area which included the old Kit Carson homestead. The two-story adobe house which he built about three miles northeast of Cimarron is still the ranch headquarters and the family home. Through partnerships with other ranchers to purchase large amounts of land and the organization and supervision of several livestock companies, Chase established himself as a prominent figure in New Mexico's livestock industry of that time. When the Maxwell Cattle Company was incorporated in 1881, Chase was chosen to manage it for a period of five years. In 1886, the Las Vegas Daily Optic reported that M. M. Chase "manages more cattle than any man in New Mexico, " and in 1891 he was regarded as an authority on the subject of stock raising. M. M. Chase was one of the first to import Hereford bulls for breeding with the Texas longhorn stock. Similarly, he contributed to the upgrading of native sheep by the importation of Merino bucks from Vermont and Ohio. The Chase, Eno and Company sheep ranch near Hansford, Texas, was incorporated in 1892 by M. M. Chase in partnership with two cousins in Vermont and William S. Eno of Pine Plains, New York. Mason Chase managed the Texas ranch, and when his father decided to move the sheep back to New Mexico in 1895, Mason supervised the drive. The new camp was at Veda in Union County. Mason managed this ranch until it was sold in 1901. The Chase Ranch also enjoyed the reputation of having one of the finest orchards in the Southwest. Begun in 1872 with 250 small fruit trees brought by ox team from Ohio, the orchard later was increased to 85 acres. Crops of fruit, primarily apples, averaged 500, 000 pounds yearly. The fruit was of high quality, and in 1910, M. M. Chase wrote that his orchard had experienced only one failure in 35 years. In addition to the orchard, several hundred acres of land were placed under irrigation for oats, alfalfa and barley. After Theresa (Mrs. M. M.) Chase died in 1900, Nettie (Mrs. Mason) Chase assumed the household responsibilities. She put much time and energy into her poultry business developed around 1911. M. M. Chase died in 1915. Three years later, the S. M. Chase Cattle Company was incorporated by his sons, Stanley M. and Mason G. Chase, and his son-in-law, Charles Springer.
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