In late January 1610, Don Pedro de Peralta reached New Mexico’s first capital city, La Villa de San Gabriel, located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, opposite San Juan Pueblo. Peralta’s origins remain obscure but he was appointed by the viceroy to succeed Juan de Oñate, New…
by Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa Briceño y Berdugo, formerly Spanish provincial governor of New Mexico, ended his days in France, far from his one-time jurisdiction where he offered to lead an armed force to seize New Mexico and all of northern New Spain…
2 11 1829 Governor William A. Pile,1869-1871 Born on February 11, 1829 near Indianapolis, Indiana. Pile was married and a member of the Methodist Church. Pile’s family moved to Missouri when he was a young child, eventually settling in St. Louis. After he studied theology, he became a…
1841 By John B. Ramsay John A. Clark was the Surveyor General for the Territory of New Mexico from 1861 until 1868. In addition to his official records as Surveyor General he maintained a daily diary covering this period. The collection was given to the Angélico Chavez History Library…
By Rick Hendricks On 12 May 1737, Felipe IV granted Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza title to the governorship of New Mexico for a five-year term. At the time Mendoza had been serving as captain and ayudante mayor of the plaza of Ciudad Rodrigo in the Spanish province of…
Governor Pedro Reneros Posada, 1686-1689 by Rick Hendricks, Ph.D. On 23 September 1681, Pedro Reneros Posada passed muster before Governor Antonio de Otermín. He described himself as a thirty-year-old bachelor. Eleven days later he enlisted as a presidial soldier. Reneros was a native of Oceño (Peñamellera Alta) in eastern…
THIRD LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, ———- Convened at Santa Fe first Monday in December, 1853. ———- COUNCIL. PRESIDENT.—James H. Quinn, of Taos County. CLERK.—Elias T. Clark. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.—J. B. Edelen. TAOS.—James H. Quinn, George Gold, Jose Ma. Martinez, Vicente Martinez. Rio ARRIBA.—Jose Antonio Manzanares. SANTA FE.—Tomas Ortiz. SANTA ANA.—Francisco Sandoval. SAN MIGUEL.—Jose…
11 26 1858 By Corinne P. Sze Katharine Drexel was born shortly before the American Civil War to a deeply religious, Roman Catholic family distinguished by material success, philanthropy, and recurrent tragedy. She was the second of three daughters born to Francis Anthony Drexel, a banker of international renown…
1 SECOND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, ———- Convened on first Monday in December, 1852. ———- COUNCIL. PRESIDENT.—Juan Felipe Ortiz, of Santa Fe County. CLERK . —Tomás Ortiz. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS . —Franco Baca y 0. FIRST DISTRICT.—Pablo Gallegos, George Gold, Antonio José Martinez, Antonio Ortiz, Vicente Martínez. SECOND DISTRICT.-Jose Francisco Leyba, Hugh…
First Legislative Assembly. ——————– First session convened at Santa Fe, the capital, on the second day of June, 1851; second session December 1, 1851. COUNCIL. PRESIDENT.—(1st Session,) Antonio Jose Martinez, of Taos County. PRESIDENT.—(2d Session,) Juan Felipe Ortiz, of Santa Fe County. CLERK.—Fernando Pino. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.—Robert Cary. FIRST DISTRICT—Counties…
