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Vallecito Grant

by J. J. Bowden Jose Garcia de la Mora and twelve associates petitioned Governor Joaquin del Real Alencaster for a colonization grant covering a tract of vacant land at the place called Vallecito, which was located on Vallecito Creek (Canon Seco) between the Santa Clara mountains on the east…

Town of Abiquiu Grant

by J. J. Bowden During the latter part of the first half of the Eighteenth Century the Spaniards mounted a fierce campaign against the hostile Indians who encircled the Northern frontiers of New Mexico. Following a number of successful engagements, the Spaniards secured the release of a number of…

Juan Jose Lovato Grant

by J. J. Bowden Captain Cristobal Torres was granted a tract of land on the Chama River by Governor Juan Domingo de Bustamante on June 6, 1724. The tract was described as being bounded: On the north, by the Sierra de las Grullas; on the east, by the Pueblo…

Bartolome Trujillo Grant

by J. J. Bowden Late in the summer of 1734, Bartolome Trujillo, Juan Jose de la Serna, Salvador de Torres, Miguel Montoya, Juan Trujillo, Miguel Martin Serrano, Josefa de Torres, Cristobal Tafoya, Francisco Trujillo and Vicente Jirón “registered” a tract of land in the Chama River Valley which was…

Plaza Blanca Grant

by J. J. Bowden Manuel Bustos, a resident of Santa Cruz, petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering a piece of unappropriated land capable of growing one and a half fanegas of corn situated on the north bank of the Chama River and west of the…

Manuela Garcia de las Ribas Grant

by J. J. Bowden Juan Garcia filed suit on March 3, 1893, against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims in an effort to secure the recognition of his interest in the Manuela Garcia de las Ribas Grant. In support of his claim he referred to…

Plaza Colorado Grant

by J. J. Bowden Rosalia, Ignacio, and Juan Lorenzo Baldes, residents of the Pueblo of Santa Cruz, petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering a tract of unappropriated land lying near the Post of Abiquiu and described as being bounded: On the north, by the Copper…

Juan Estevan de Noriega Grant

by J. J. Bowden On March 3, 1893, Andres Garcia filed suit against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims in an effort to secure the recognition of the Juan Estevan Garcia de Noriega Grant. The claim was based on an expediente contained in the Archives…