ethnographers, journalist Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives 19th century adventurer and magazine writer Charles Lummis exploited New Mexican cultures for fortune and fame, made a few enemies in the process, and poisoned the well for future ethnographers.
UFOs Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The first published report of a UFO over New Mexico skies.
statehood, handshake Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives For want a nail, a shoe was lost. . . . because of an ill-timed handshake, New Mexico statehood was set back 39 years.
governor Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Former Territorial Governor George Curry lived and made history in New Mexico.
Spanish American War, Rough Riders, Teddy Roosevelt Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives New Mexican members of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders serve with valor in Cuba during the Spanish America War.
Coronado, celebration, 400, 1940 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives New Mexico has a grand party in 1940 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Coronado's entrada into the Southwest.
governor, Albuquerque Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Once the most reviled man in the United States over a controversial senate vote, former New Mexico Territorial Governor Edmund Ross led a quieter life in Albuquerque.
Colfax County, Beaubien, Miranda, Lucien Maxwell, land grants Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Part 1: The last of the pre-territorial land grants was steeped in controversy. 1 Part 2: The story of an iconic figure in New…
counter culture, waitress, 1972, Congress, Santa Fe Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A Santa Fe resident and waitress at the Bull Ring, Sparkle Plenty was the 1972 counter culture candidate for the New Mexico Democratic Party's First…
Raton Pass, hunting, trapping Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Dick Wooten came west to be a mountain man and to hunt and trap. He built a toll road at Raton Pass and lived happily ever after.
