Tartleton Sloughwater

"But it was Tartleton Sloughwater who came up with our current name. The diamondback rattlesnake, he said, seeks shade and sleep, also popular past times amongst our two-legged inhabitants. After weeks of argument, "Diamondback" became a general favorite as the proposal seemed the least likely to cause problems in the future."

- Andrew Jackson Lunamos, Wars, Lizards and Longhorns: A Rememberance of Life in Old New Mexico.

Tartleton Sloughwater was a resident of Depot Gordo who, most notably, suggested the name Diamondback when the town was founded in the 1850s.