Junction City, NM
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Once the county seat of San Juan County? Well, it was voted "Most Likely to Succeed."
Sandia Giant
giants, myths, theories, science, race, stories Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The discovery of giant human bones in a cave in the Sandia Mountains gave rise to a theory that a race of humans with heights of…
Petersburg, NM
Socialists, settlers Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives It was going to be the largest city in San Miguel County and home to the largest socialist colony on earth, but it was not meant to be. 1
Baron of Arizona
land grants, Phoenix, Arizona Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives James Reavis claimed to be the rightful heir to the vast Peralta Land Grant, stretching from Silver City in southwestern New Mexico to Phoenix, Arizona–and he had irrefutable…
Real Cavalry
wars, conflicts, soldiers, 1900s, Native Americans, US Cavalry Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The reality of cavalry life during the Indian of the late 19th Century was quite a bit different than what is portrayed in movies.
Palomas Canyon Battle
conflicts, battles, scouts, US Cavalry, Native Americans, Chiricahua Apache, Navaho, Victorio Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The cavalry and their Chiricahua Apache scouts had Victorio pinned down in Palomas Canyon, but for want of a cartridge ….
Taos Wagon Wheel-audio
art, artists, painters, Taos Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A broken wagon wheel during Ernest Blumenshein and Bert Philip's western painting expedition in 1898 brings them and other artists to Taos.
Mable Dodge
Taos Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Mabel Dodge came to Taos in 1919 and changed everything.
The Lincoln County War
law, outlaws, war, property, gunmen, warrants, judicial system Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives House of Murphy Former U.S. Army Quartermaster Lawrence G. Murphy retired at Fort Stanton in the newly-created Lincoln County. With help from his former…
Bolsheviks in the Museum of New Mexico
art, artists, Santa Fe, journalists, newspaper Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A brouhaha ignited by a September 19, 1920 editorial in the Santa Fe New Mexican puts a damper on local Santa Fe artists.
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