Word War I; Armistice Day in New Mexico Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Residents of Albuquerque resoundingly celebrated the end of the "War to End All Wars" on November 11,…
1928, oil, drilling; Hobbs Oil Pool Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The history of Hobbs would be a lot different if that exploratory oil well had come up dry back…
Civil War, Confederacy; Canada Alamosa Battle Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives One of the lesser-known Civil War battles fought in New Mexico happened months before the full-scale Confederate incursion. This…
borders, treaties, Mexico; Gadsden Purchase Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives It took a lot of negotiation and a few million dollars to fix the border errors in the Treaty of…
1913, conflict, war, Native Americans, Navajo: 1913 Navajo War Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A minor altercation on the Navajo Reservation gets blown way out of proportion.
1882, weather, Tijeras Canyon; Great Wind of 1882 Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The bit of a breeze that barreled through Tijeras Canyon in March 1882 nearly blew Albuquerque to…
1902, statehood, territories, Las Cruces; Martin Amador Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Martin Amador's 1902 testimony before Senator Beveridge's Committee on Territories set New Mexico statehood back ten years. Las…
1951, Albuquerque, KiMo Theater, ghosts, stories, myths, children Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives It is said that the ghost of six-year-old Bobby Darnall, killed in an accident at the theater…
Las Vegas, saloons Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Vicente Silva, a businessman and owner of the Imperial Saloon, seemed like a respectable pillar of Las Vegas society, but he had…
1890, 1910, universities, colleges, education, New Mexico State University Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives McFie Hall was the first major campus building and the centerpiece of New Mexico University when…
