Will of Governor Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha In the name of God almighty amen. Be it known by this letter that I, General Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha, citizen of this city of Mexico in New Spain, legitimate son of…
9 21 1926 Will The Real Reies López Tijerina Please Stand Up? By Lorena Oropeza While seeking letters of recommendation last year, I explained to two senior colleagues in the field of Chicana/o History that I was currently writing a history of La Alianza de Mercedes, the land-grant organization…
Santo Domingo Pueblo, Khe-wa, Conservative Pueblo, Richest Traditions, Keresan, Camino Real, Galisteo River, Juan de Onate by Kim Suina Santo Domingo Pueblo or Khe-wa as it is known to its residents, lies between Albuquerque and Santa Fe along the Rio Grande. Santo Domingo is recognized in Pueblo country…
Compiled and Contributed by Alberto Vidaurre Following are the names of the men who served as Taos County Sheriffs/Alguacil Mayors from the year 1846 to the year 2000. I feel that these men should be honored and remembered for their years of service trying to make their communities a…
“Friday, Febuary 1, 1980. There was a full moon that Friday night. I watched it move across the patch of sky framed by the window near my bunk, noticing how it turned the desert surrounding the penitentiary ghost white.” “Friday, Febuary 1, 1980. There was a full moon…
1941 Los Alamos Los Alamos, part of the secret Manhattan Project that produced the first atomic bomb in World War II, has a history that goes back to at least the 1880s. Document and photo Reproducing prohibited without express permission from the State Records Center and Archives. A photo…
San Augustine Pass “At last the pavement merged into a new four-lane highway that soon was lifting in a long, easy curve into San Augustine Pass. Sarah spared as much attention as she dared to the stone spires and cliffs that formed the Organ Mountains. There were breathtaking…
Adoption of the l9th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Adelina Otero-Warren, the niece of the popular head of the state's Republican Party at the time helped lead Mexican American women into the political mainstream. Bilingual flyers and speeches in Spanish at public rallies brought support for suffrage…
Mexican Independence Day Celebrations in New Mexico 16 September 1821-1846 By Robert Torrez New Mexico was part of the Mexican Republic from 1821 to 1846. Historical documents in the Mexican Archives of New Mexico show that during this time nuevomexicanos celebrated the commemoration of Mexican independence from Spain, planning…
Valverde Otermín described camping at a point that he called El Contadero. It was on the banks of the river across from the ruins of the pueblo of Senecú (Hackett and Shelby 1942:II.203). That description better fits later descriptions of Valverde and the location of the ruins of the…
