music, rock-and-roll, Clovis Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Musician Norman Petty opens a recording studio in his hometown of Clovis and makes rock-and-roll history.
Las Cruces, murder, teenager Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The murder of 18-year-old Ovida "Cricket"Coogler in 1949 opens a major can of worms in Las Cruces.
celebrations, statehood, Albuquerque Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The people in Albuquerque throw an all day party to celebrate Statehood–prematurely.
trade, borders, Mexico, rebellion Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives In 1821 following a long period of isolation under Spanish rule, New Mexico's borders are finally opened to trading with the United States after the Mexican people rebel…
Apollo 14, astronaut, US Bicentennial Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Apollo 14 Astronaut Stuart Roosa took tree seeds to the moon in 1971. The resulting seedlings were distributed for the 1976 U.S. Bicentennial. New Mexico received five…
World War II, National Guard, Bataan Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Members of the New Mexico National Guard's 200th Coast Artillery were among the first casualties in the Pacific Theater in World War II. We gratefully remember…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Mildred Clark Cusey was a shrewd businesswoman whose generosity touched a lot of people in southern New Mexico
communists, red scare, film, movies Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Made by avowed communists in the early 1950s during the "red scare," the film "Salt of the Earth" was made in New Mexico and told the story…
land, courts, lawsuits, real estate Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Two different families held separate land grant titles to the same piece of real estate. After they sold them to competing interests, the resulting conflict ended up…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives History has proved much kinder to famed New Mexico lawman Pat Garrett than life ever was. Pat Garrett Epilogue Who really killed Pat Garrett?
