The fourth governor of New Mexico was Admiral Don Bernardino de Zavallos. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Edited by: Carlotta Warfield Ina Sizer Cassidy WPA Biography Project Fourth Governor of New Mexico, 1614‑1618 The fourth governor of New Mexico was Admiral Don Bernardino de Zavallos. Historians differ on the…
Don Pedro de Peralta was the third governor of New Mexico. Third Spanish Governor 1610-1614 By Grace Meredith Field Worker Edited by: Carlotta Warfield Ina Sizer Cassidy WPA Biography Project Don Pedro de Peralta was the third governor of New Mexico. Information concerning his parentage, dates of his birth…
Don Cristóbal de Oñate, who was New Mexico's second governor from 1608‑1610, was the son of Don Juan de Oñate and Dona Isabel Tolosa de Oñate. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Edited by: Carlotta Warfield Ina Sizer Cassidy WPA Biography Project Don Cristóbal de Oñate, who was New Mexico's…
Captain Don Luis de Rosas became the tenth governor of New Mexico in 1637. By Grace Meredith Tenth Governor of New Mexico 1637‑1641 WPA Biography Project Captain Don Luis de Rosas became the tenth governor of New Mexico in 1637. It is assumed that he traveled from Mexico City…
Biography/WPA Writers' Project of Captain Don Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos, eighth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Eighth Governor of New Mexico 1632‑1635 Sometime during the month of March 1632, Captain Don Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos arrived in Santa Fe from Mexico…
Biography/WPA Writers' Project of Admiral Don Phelipe de Sotelo Ossorio, the sixth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith Field Worker WPA Biography Project Sixth Governor of New Mexico 1625 – 1629 On December 21st, 1625, Admiral Don Phelipe de Sotelo Ossorio arrived in Santa Fe and became the…
Don Juan de Eulate was the fifth governor of New Mexico. He was appointed to the office December 31st, 1617, but for reasons which are not stated in historical data referred to, did not start from Mexico City until March 1st, 1618. Don Juan de Eulate By Grace Meredith…
Figueroa, Luis de Guzman y Biography/WPA Writers' Project of Captain don Luis de Guzman y Figueroa, the fourteenth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith Fourteenth Governor of New Mexico 1647‑1649 WPA Biography Project Captain don Luis de Guzman y Figueroa, the fourteenth governor of New Mexico reached…
General Don Juan Flore de Sierra y Valdes, eleventh governor of New Mexico, was appointed to office by the new viceroy, the Duque de Escalona, in Mexico City in 1641. Eleventh Governor of New Mexico 1641‑1641 WPA Biography Project General Don Juan Flore de Sierra y Valdés, eleventh governor…
The nineteenth governor of New Mexico, Captain don Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa Briceno y Berdugo, to give his full name, was born in Lima, Peru in the year 1624. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Nineteenth Governor of New Mexico 1661‑1664 WPA Biography Project The nineteenth governor of New Mexico,…
