by J. J. Bowden Florencio Sandoval filed a suit in the Court of Private Land Claims against the United States on March 2, 1893, seeking the confirmation of the Las Lomitas Grant. He alleged that sometime prior to 1825 the Pueblo of San Felipe had acquired a grant covering…
by J. J. Bowden Bartolome Fernandez and Jose Quintana, both residents of Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Manuel Portillo Urrisola in 1761 or 1762 and requested a grant covering a tract of surplus land situated west of the river and lying between the Pueblos of Santo Domingo and San…
by J. J. Bowden In the year 1770 a joint petition was presented to Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta by the tribal leaders of the Pueblos of Santo Domingo and San Felipe asking for a grant covering the “surplus lands” of the two pueblos which were situated on the…
by J. J. Bowden Felipe Gutierrez, a soldier and reconqueror of New Mexico, appeared before Governor Pedro Rodriguez Cubero and asked for a grant covering a tract of land situated on the east se of the Rio Grande in Weaver’s Bend and in front of Captain Diego Montoya’s house,…
by J. J. Bowden The Pueblo of Santa Ana filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2, 1893, seeking the confirmation of its title to a tract of land commonly known as the Ranchito Grant. It alleged 'that during the eighteenth century its inhabitants had…
by J. J. Bowden Pedro Perea filed suit against the United States the Court of Private Land Claims on February 26, 1893 seeking the confirmation of the Arquito Grant, which was estimated to contain 2,000 acres. Perea’s claim to the premises was based upon two Spanish documents which had…
by J. J. Bowden Salvador Barreras petitioned Surveyor General William Pelham on January 8, 1853 seeking the confirmation of the Town of Tejon Grant, which had been granted to him and a number of other persons for the purpose of forming a new settlement. He estimated that the grant…
by J. J. Bowden In 1765 Juan Gutiérrez appeared before Governor Tomes Vélez Cachupin, for himself and on behalf of eight other families, registered a tract of vacant land situated at the foot of the Sandia Mountains, which was commonly known as Las Huertas. As justification for their request,…
by J. J. Bowden Little is known of the early history of the Pueblo of Zia; however, it was visited by a number of the early Spaniards who explored New Mexico. Pedro de Castaneda mentions it in 1541, and Antonio de Espejo in 1582 described it as the principle…
by J. J. Bowden Felipe Tafoya, an attorney practicing law in Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin on behalf of the inhabitants of the Pueblos of Zia, Jemez and Santa Ana. He called the governor’s attention to the fact that the pueblos always had considered the valley…
