Since 1540, when Europeans under the command of Coronado’s lieutenant, Hernando de Alvarado, first visited the Indian village at the foot of the brooding Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the multistoried Pueblo of Taos, with its two large apartment buildings separated by the Taos River, has impressed all who see…
By Sherry Robinson Lipan Apaches are some of the most misrepresented and Indian people in western American history. Prominent historians have repeatedly underestimated them, exterminated them, and pushed them off the map. In fact, they survived against great odds, as the historic record shows abundantly. Lipans were the…
Dedication of the Official Historical Marker In Gallegos, New Mexico June 16, 2018 Delivered by New Mexico State Historian Rick Hendricks* Jesús María Gallegos, founder of the Gallegos Ranch (also known as Rincón Colorado), was from Montón de Los Álamos, located thirteen miles northeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico.He…
By Rick Hendicks New Mexicans became interested in the question of an appropriate state flower years before the territory achieved statehood. In 1906 an unnamed writer for the Las Vegas Daily Optic suggested, perhaps with tongue firmly planted in cheek, that given the opportunity to vote for a state…
Francisco de la O to James Wiley Magoffin, Hacienda de la Rosalía, 23 March 1861, Magoffin Home, I3-14a. Translation by Rick Hendricks Hacienda de Santa Rosalía, 23 March 1861 Don Santiago Magoffin Fort Bliss My dear sir of my particular appreciation and respect, I have received…
Francisco de la O to James Wiley Magoffin, Hacienda de la Rosalía, 23 March 1861, Magoffin Home, I3-14a. Translation by Rick Hendricks Hacienda de Santa Rosalía, 23 March 1861 Don Santiago Magoffin Fort Bliss My dear sir of my particular appreciation and respect, I have received…
By Rick Hendricks Personal Information Vicente Antonio Archuleta, son of Cristóbal and Francisca Ortega, native of Socorro, dependent of this jurisdiction of El Paso, laborer by profession, widower, thirty, height 5 feet 1 inch, Roman Catholic, brown hair, ruddy complexion, brown eyes, normal lips with a scar on…
Governor Antonio Narbona to Antonio José Martínez, Santa Fe, 10 de abril de 1826* Translation by Rick Hendricks No. 178 Instruction that the presbyter don Antonio Martinez must follow to carry out the commission for which he has been fully authorized by this government according to…
