Great Depression, 1930s, relief Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Some of the Federal relief programs did a great amount of good for the poor, hard-hit people of New Mexico during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Others,…
politics Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Joab Houghton and Richard Weightman were two titans in early New Mexico territorial politics who vociferously opposed each other's policies. They came pretty close to killing each other.
law, order, outlaws Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives In 1903, New Mexico finally got a state police force. Unfortunately, they were a little too effective for the times.
law, crime Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives John Slough was appointed by President Andrew Johnson as Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court to clean up rampant corruption. He proved quite unpopular among New Mexicans…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Francois X. Aubry set speed records traversing the Santa Fe Trail that were not bested until the coming of the railroad. His feats dazzled and captivated the American public until he ran…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The once bustling mining town of White Oaks was on a path to perpetual prosperity until its citizens got just a little too greedy.
Native Americans, Navajo Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The Navajo people faced starvation as 1947 drew to a close. When word went out about their plight, New Mexicans stepped up to the plate to help their neighbors.
nurse, health, hospital, soldiers, Civil War, Glorieta Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Louisa Hawkins Canby, wife of Colonel Edward R. S. Canby who headed the U.S. troops in New Mexico during the Civil War, turns her Santa…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Hiram Hadley comes to New Mexico for his son's health and becomes the first president of the new agricultural college in Las Cruces.
Native Americans, scouts, US Army Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Massai was a Warm Springs Apache who signed on with the U.S. Army as a scout tracking down Geronimo and other rebellious Chiricahua Apache warriors. He was…
