Valverde, Confederate Army, US Army Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A decisive victory for the Confederate forces in southern New Mexico.
Civil War, US Army Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A suicide mission backfires.
Civil War, CFA, US Army Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The opening battle of the Civil War in New Mexico goes to the Confederates.
beans, agriculture, Dust Bowl, Great Depression Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Beans were the largest crop in New Mexico until the Dust Bowl dried them up.
Boy Scouts, oil, land, Waite Phillips Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Oklahoma oil baron Waite Phillips endows the Boy Scouts of America with a gift of land that keeps on giving. Philmont Scout Ranch
Katherine Drexel, Native Americans, teachers, educators, children Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives This imposing adobe structure in Santa Fe was the first of many schools built to educate Native Americans.
mines, fuel, coal, war, WW I Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives In spite of tragedies like the Dawson mine explosion, New Mexico coal helped keep the home fires burning during World War I.
Prather, White Sands Missile Range, mules, ranching, US Army Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A stubborn Otero County rancher fights eveiction to make room for White Sands Missile Range, taking on the US Army.
UNM, Lobos, football, aviation Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The UNM Lobo football team makes aviation history. 2655 1
constitution, Charles Speiss, Black Eagle Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The major autor of New Mexico's State Constitution is largely unknown today.
