By Lorain Varela Preface Traveling the Train Back in My Day Soaring on Vast Wings Seven Dollars for a Pew Playing Mass in East Pecos Coming To The Young Traveler Mas Vale Pobre Que Solo Surviving First Grade I Can\'t Remember When I Started Asking Why? A Visit From…
Cubero Cubero passed through the area in 1697 on an expedition to Zuni, and it's possible the name originated then. It's also possible the name comes from a local family, though one no longer living in the community. The village appears as Cubera on Bernardo Miera y Pacheco's map…
Sabinal, Camino Real In his reminiscences, recorded in 1777, Juan Candelaria described the founding of many towns after the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico in the 1690s. He thought that Sabinal was founded in 1741 and associated it with Belén (Armijo 1929:280-281). Sabinal is listed on official registers of towns…
The Tierra Amarilla Grant was petitioned in 1832, by Manuel Martinez. Classified as a quasi-community grant it was approved by Territorial Deputation for 594,515 acres. Proceedings before the office of the Surveyor General confirmed the grant at 524,515 acres. This grant has a long history of conflict and controversy…
by David Kammer Establishment of Fort Bayard Army Post Fort Bayard was established on August 21, 1866 by troops of Company B, 125th United States Colored Infantry under the command of Lt. James M. Kerr. Kerr was acting on a recommendation made earlier by Major Nelson H. Davis, Assistant…
Koehler, coal mining town Koehler was a settlement in Colfax Couty. Its location was 16 miles southwest of Raton, 6 miles northwest of US 64, in Prairie Crow Canyon. It had a Post Office from 1907 to 1932 and from 1943 to 1957, after which the mail was set…
Kay-tichi-tya is the traditional name for San Felipe Pueblo. Today the pueblo’s population is around 3,200. 1328 Kay-tichi-tya is the traditional name for San Felipe Pueblo.
Las Trampas Grant, Land Grant The Town of Las Trampas grant is also known as Santo Tomas Apostol del Rio de las Trampas. The grant was petitioned by Juan de Arguello and eleven other individuals in 1751. The grant was approved by Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin for 46,461 acres. …
Cristobal de la Serna Grant, Land Grant Governor Joseph Chacon Medina Salazar y Villasenor, Marquis de la Penuela approved the grant. Located in Taos County the office of the Surveyor General and the Court of Private Land Claims confirmed the grant for 22,232 acres. Known as a quasi-community grant,…
Frances Webster Léon was born on August 6, 1917 in Irvington, New York. In 1940 at the age of 23, she married Morris H. Swadesh. Their marriage lasted until 1958, but she continued to use the surname Swadesh until 1978 when she married Miguel F. Quintana. Thereafter she…
