Aniceto C. Abeytia is one of Socorro County's leading citizens whose interests are varied and extensive. He was born April 20, 1856, in Santa Fe, a son of Aniceto and Clara (Nieto) Abeytia. The father's birth occurred in Santa Fe on the 17th of April, 1830, while the mother…
By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust With installation of a new, term-limited governor, Pedro de Peralta, in 1609 and the departure of its first and only governor-for-life, Juan de Oñate, New Mexico…
Story of one of life's lessons, revisited. By Ben Romero "Aughhhhhhh!” I looked up from where I was tilling the soil. My six-year-old daughter‘s face was contorted in obvious frustration. “What’s the matter?” “I don’t wanna fly my kite anymore,” she announced, slamming the spool of string on…
Christmas in Nambé was different from anywhere else in the world. Not necessarily better, just different! by Ben Romero Christmas in Nambé was different from anywhere else in the world. Not necessarily better, just different. The tradition in this little village was like this: early on Christmas morning, every kid who…
A history of New Mexico vs. Aamodt and the meaning and traditions of water in New Mexico. By Michael Miller The issue is water. In New Mexico and throughout the West, it is precious, often scarce, and rapidly becoming the key to economic and financial success for many communities. To…
Susan Elston Wallace (1830-1907) by Joann Spragg, Montgomery County Historian Susan Arnold Elston was born on December 25, 1830, at Crawfordsville in Montgomery County, Indiana, the fourth of nine children of Major Isaac Compton and Maria Aiken Elston. Her father was a prominent businessman in Crawfordsville, and made his…
Biography of Alfred Alexander Freeman, noted politician and judge. Alfred Alexander Freeman was born in Tennessee on Feb. 7, 1838, and by 1859 had been admitted to the practice of law. He enjoyed a successful political career in Tennessee, elected several times to the state legislature and losing a…
Research by Linda Blazer Shalam was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough and a group of his religious followers called Faithists. Newbrough claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of…
Life with New Mexico’s Mule King By Arleen Gaba It was February of 1961 when I arrived in New Mexico with my two-month-old son. I had left the verdant valleys of northern California to join my husband and begin our life together on his grandfather's ranch, two hours north…
by J. J. Bowden Juan Jose Sanchez, the Jefe Politico of El Paso del Norte, petitioned Guadalupe Miranda, Commissioner of Emigration, for a league of land located on the west bank of the Rio Grande River between Refugio Civil Colony and the Santa Teresa Grant. Sanchez stated that he…
