"Old and crumbling, the squat-built adobe mission of El Tordo sits in a hollow high up near the snow-capped Truchas. A few clay houses huddle close to it like tawny chicks about a ruffled old hen. On one of the steep slopes, which has the peaks for the background,…
The traditional spelling and name for Zia Pueblo is Tsia Video Clip Courtesy of Silver Bullet Productions “Zia Pueblo: Home of the Sun Symbol,” 2006 Pueblo of Zia, San Ysidro Vicinity, Zia Pueblo, Sandoval County, NM. Photo taken after 1933. Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of…
Kirby Benedict Kirby Benedict was one of New Mexico's most colorful judges. He tried conscientiously to perform the duties entrusted to a Supreme Court judge in the early Territorial Period but was hampered by a flawed system as well as his own personal failings. Reproducing prohibited without express permission from…
Glencoe, Ruidoso Valley, Coe Family Coes settled here in 1880; Jasper N. Coe was the first postmaster. The Coes were among the early pioneers of Lincoln and Otero Counties. Originally from Missouri, several brothers worked the Santa Fe trail and homesteaded near Las Vegas, but in the 1870s they…
A Presidial Soldier\'s Donation to the American Colonies By Virginia Sanchez On January 9, 1765, a soldier laying ill at the Royal Presidio in the Villa Capital of Santa Fe asked his teniente (lieutenant) to document his last will and testimony. In this will, Cristobal Madrid affirmed his faith…
Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences, often abbreviated to T or C, probably is New Mexico's most often asked about and persistently controversial name. An early Spanish name for the locality has been reported to be Alamocitos, "little cottonwoods." As English-speaking settlers moved into the area, the locality came…
Jemez Pueblo Walatowa or Giusewa, "Place at the Boiling Waters," is the traditional name for Jemez Pueblo. Jemez Pueblo is the only remaining Towa speaking pueblo. In efforts to prevent exploitation, the tribe’s traditional law makes it illegal to make Towa written a written language, thus it…
SELECT COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION, Saturday, March 1, 1890. The committee met pursuant to adjournment, Mr. Vandever in the chair. STATEMENT OF MAJ. J. W. POWELL continued. Maj. J. W. POWELL, Director of the Geological Survey, addressed the committee as follows: Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I place…
Isleta Pueblo is located 13 miles south of Albuquerque and has an area of 211,002 acres and a population of over 3,000. The reservation includes the Manzano Mountains and the Rio Grande Valley. Isleta means “Little Island” in Spanish while the pueblo’s traditional Tiwa name is “Tue-I.”…
