Virginia Moson and Cicero Martin

Builders of the Carr Canyon
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1939

In 1939, Virginia Moson Sneed Martin & Cicero Martin retired from their 80,000 acres Cerro Colorado Ranch in Mexico and built the Carr House. They left Carr Canyon for Sonoita in 1942.

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1882

In 1882, Ella Roberts Moson came to Cochise County with her children, Virginia (age 5) and Frank (age 4). The extended Roberts Family were renowned for their prized horses & large cattle herds.

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1884

In 1884, Ella married William Cornell Greene. Between 1890 & 1911, Green extended the Greene Cattle Co. in Arizona & the Cananea Cattle Co. in Sonora to 800,000 acres with 50,000 head of cattle. He developed the Greene Consolidated Copper Co. & boosted the Sonoran economy.

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1901

In 1901, Virginia & her children stayed at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC with William Greene & his new wife Mary Proctor. (Ella died in 1899) Virginia, her husband Been Sneed & Frank Moson were active shareholders & working cowhands in their stepfather’s enterprises.

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1911

In 1911, Virginia, divorced from Ben Sneed, married Cicero Martin. From 1902 until his death in 1959, Cicero managed the Green Cattle Co,. Also, he was a well-known cattle inspector.

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1951

In 1951 issue of The Horse Lover featured the Martins at their Two-Bar-L Ranch in Sonoita. Virginia died in 1863, age 85. She pioneered the livestock industry of the Southwest.