Who was john dawson?

a.

he was a successful farmer and rancher with a sense of adventure.

b.

he was a struggling farmer with severe debt left by the dust bowl.

c.

he was a railroad man with no interest in business.

d.

he was a politician who made his fortune in land grants.

The correct answer is a) He was a successful farmer and rancher with a sense of adventure.

John Dawson was a successful farmer and rancher with a sense of adventure.

We are talking about the beginning of the 20th century, in Dawson, New Mexico, and the important coal mine that was built there, after rancher John Barkley Dawson sold his land that was full of soal, to a private company called Dawson Fuel company. In 1906, when the railway to Tucumcari was in full operation, the mine was bought by the Pleps Dodge Corporation.

c. the passage of the fifteenth amendment