In the Christmas Day pardon of Macario Leyba in 1907, Territorial New Mexico’s Governor George Curry explained that the custom of granting what he called “Holiday Pardons” to deserving inmates of the Territorial Penitentiary in Santa Fe had been found to have “excellent moral effect in that institution.” Gender,…
This is a WPA interview. Sr. Vicente Romero of Cordova tells of his various dealings with the Kiowa and Comanches during his trading expeditions. LOS COMANCHES Brown, L.B. April 6. 1937 "LOS COMANCHES" "Si Senor, if my daughter had not put iodine in my eye in place of the…
Likening the newspapers of the day to the bombastic extravagance of the carnival barker, historian Frederick Lewis Allen named the period of time just before the stock market crash of 1929 “the ballyhoo years.” “When something happened which promised an appeal to the popular mind,” Allen wrote, “one had…
By Mark Thompson The next time you are heading up U.S. 84 to Chromo, Colorado, stop at the state line and with your trusty GPS instrument see what it says for the degree of latitude north of the Equator. Then compare that with the “legal description” in Article I…
Biography of William Henry Andrews. ANDREWS, WILLIAM HENRY: Born in Youngsville, Warren County, Pa., January 14, 1846; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Meadville and Titusville, Pa., 1880‑90; was also a builder of railroads; president of the Santa Fe Central Railway Co.; chairman…
There appears to be little doubt that Santa Fe businessman Miguel Chavez earned the designation placed on his death certificate by his executor and personal representative: Capitalist. Yet, as an early day Warren Buffet, he was also rightly credited with the title: Philanthropist. By Mark Thompson There appears to…
A favorite topic of novelists and playwrights, most of us have some familiarity with the themes of triumph and tragedy in the Irish-American community. It should be no surprise to learn that two lawyers of Irish descent experienced a life in territorial and early statehood New Mexico that included elements…
GALLEGOS, JOSE MANUEL: Born in what is now Rio Arriba County, N. Mex., October 30, 1815; attended the parochial schools; studied theology at the College of Durango, Republic of Mexico, and was graduated in 1840; member of the legislative assembly of what was then the Department of New Mexico,…
Stephen Benton Elkins was elected as a Republican, a Delegate, to the Forty‑third and Forty‑fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873‑March 3, 1877). ELKINS, STEPHEN BENTON: Born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26, 1841; moved with his parents to Westport, Mo.; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law…
Charles P. Clever served as attorney general 1862‑67. He then presented credentials as a Democratic Delegate‑elect to the Fortieth Congress, and served from September 2, 1867 (date of election), to February 20, 1869, when he was succeeded by J. Francisco Chaves, who contested the election. CLEVER, CHARLES P.: Born…
