Las Cruces, New Mexico
New Mexico
Blackdom
The community was founded in 1908 by Marion Boyer, who walked from Georgia to New Mexico to pursue the dream of his father Henry Boyer. The senior Boyer hoped to create a self-sustaining colony where African Americans could own land and live in peace. The Black “kingdom” was remembered by Lillian Collins Westfield, a pioneer of Blackdom, as a “community filled with good neighbors and friends and an area of beautiful New Mexico sunshine.”
The irrigation system in Blackdom was not adequate and failed about 1920. Many of the areas residents, including the Boyer Family, migrated to the community of Vado just south of Las Cruces, where many of their descendants live today.
I hope you will take a look at my website. I’m the expert historian of Blackdom, New Mexico. I found your link: https://soulofamerica.com/black-towns/new-mexico/
I’m working with Blackdom descendants now to resurrect Blackdom. https://blackdomthesis.com/events-1/nmhistoricpreservatiodivision
How can we connect to establish are possible package for an experience?
Please email me at your convenience.
Timothy E. Nelson, Ph.D.
Historian, Professor, Author, Artist, Visionary
If you will send pictures of Blackdom, we’ll link to your website.
We would need to have a discussion.