by J. J. Bowden Fifty-five inhabitants of precinct two in Santa Fe County wrote the Commissioner of the General Land Office on April 7, 1871, stating that they were the occupants of a tract of land located in the Tesuque River Valley and situated about six miles from Santa Fe upon which their ancestors had settled more than a century previously under the laws and customs of Spain. They called attention to the fact that the valley had been surveyed and requested information on how to protect their lands from being appropriated by speculators. The letter was re­ferred to Surveyor … Continue reading Rio Tesuque Grant