Elizabethtown, aka "E" Town was was platted in 1868 and became New Mexico's first incorporated town. It was named after the daughter of John Moore, one of the town's founders. Elizabeth Catherine Moore grew up to teach school in "her" town and marry a local man named Joseph Henry Lowrey. Both are now interred in the city cemetery. It's a rare situation for a town's namesake to not only live in their town, but to actually make a contribution and then die there. Her last home is still standing.
Elizabethtown, aka "E" Town was was platted in 1868 and became New Mexico's first incorporated town. It was named after the daughter of John Moore, one of the town's founders. Elizabeth Catherine Moore grew up to teach school in "her" town and marry a local man named Joseph Henry Lowrey. Both are now interred in the city cemetery. It's a rare situation for a town's namesake to not only live in their town, but to actually make a contribution and then die there. Her last home is still standing.
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