History
Chaves County was named for Colonel Jose Francisco Chaves, a military officer during the Civil War and later Navajo campaigns.
New Mexico Office of the State Historian
http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=560
Chaves County - eReferenceDesk
http://www.e-referencedesk.com/resources/counties/new-mexico/chaves.html
National Register of Historic Places Listings in
Chaves County, New Mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places
_listings_in_Chaves_County,_New_Mexico
Some History and Maps of New Mexico http://guadalupe.nmgenweb.us/Histmaps.html
Roswell Historic Distric Tour
http://www.roswell-usa.com/historic/index.html