Lemitar, Camino Real Although Lemitar does not appear on any Mexican period lists of settlements it apparently came into existence in 1831. The present church, completed by 1835, had its first burial in its camposanto shortly afterwards. The plaza was located to the east of the church and the road…
By Rick Hendricks Virginia Maria Romero was born to William Adelbert Phillip Holley and Victoria Theresa Mucha on 16 March 1952 in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, where she grew up as Ginny Holley. Her father was the son of William Holley, Sr. and Agnes Gifford Holley, to whom he was…
Governor Alberto Maynez had begun the effort to establish the town of Manzano in 1815. Several landowners in the Tomé area were interested in developing the eastern slope of the Manzanos. Among these was the Lucero family, led by Miguel and Juan Lucero. Their efforts met with success; Manzano…
By Wanda G. Fuselier and Elon M. Yurwit Near the corner of southwestern New Mexico — midway between Silver City and Deming — is Faywood Hot Springs, a natural geothermal high desert oasis. For centuries, this special place has lured many to its seductive, healing waters. Prehistoric peoples, Spanish…
8 4 1713 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint. Additional information by Rick Hendricks Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco was born on 4 August 1713 and baptized on 13 August in Santibáñez in the Valle de Carriedo in the province of Santander in Spain. On his mother\'s side,…
1991 1286 The Puye cliff dwellings are said by the Santa Clara Indians to have been the homes of their ancestors before drought drove them to the Rio Grande.
This is part of Volume Two of a Six Part series, Private Land Claims in the Southwest, submitted by J. J. Bowden in 1969 as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Laws in Oil and Gas at Southern Methodist University. Volume Two covers the…
1991 1279 A childhood home of Antonio Jose Martinez, the Martinez Hacienda of Taos is one of the few remaining Northern New Mexican-style haciendas open to the public.
1269 Officially founded in 1879, Raton has been called "The Gate City," serving as both a stage and railway stop from Colorado into New Mexico.
Lovell Birge Harrison was an American genre and landscape painter. Having been ill with malaria, in 1883 he and his spouse, Eleanor set out for New Mexico. Evidently, the couple had intended to settle in Santa Fe. The expedition became a nine-month tour of New Mexico, Colorado and the…
