Pioneer Lineage In The Bootheel of New Mexico

 September 10, 2026

My mother came from a ranching family of five sisters and they all hailed from the Bootheel of New Mexico. Like their mother, they were funny and generous, but the Guess Girls were not to be trifled with.

Daily Whip Out: "Fierce and Determined"

This is my grandfather Bob Guess, below, who I am named for, and his wife, Lue, and their newborn daughter, deep in the bootheel.

Bob and Lue Guess with their first daughter

Sadie Pearl
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  And, here is their third daughter, born in Lordsburg, Lillie Louise, who everyone called Bobbi.

Bobbi Guess who caught the eye

of a buck private from Thompson, Iowa

Army Air Corp Private 

Allen P. Bell

And, the rest is back story to this story.

Peach Springs, or Bust, Baby!

"We all grew up a little bent."

—Trudy Peart