San Miguel del Bado Grant By Malcolm Ebright[1] Introduction The San Miguel del Bado grant was the first major community land grant to expand the periphery of Spanish settlement on the eastern frontier of New Mexico around Pecos Pueblo. After the Comanche Peace Treaty was signed by Governor Juan Bautista Anza in 1786, the entire area of Spanish settlement from Abiquiú to Ojo Caliente to Picuris, Las Trampas, Truchas, and Pecos was opened up for expansion of Hispanic settlements. [2] New Mexico population figures begin to show a rapid increase in the number of Spaniards in the late 1790s, as … Continue reading San Miguel del Bado Grant