by J. J. Bowden Francisco García, Jesus Baca, and Pablo Gallego, for themselves and in the name of the settlers of the Town of Canon de San Diego, petitioned Surveyor General William Pelham on June 4, 1859 seeking the confirmation of the Canon de San Diego Grant. In support…
by J. J. Bowden Joaquin Mestas appeared before Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta and stated that Governor Francisco Antonio Martin del Valle had granted him a rancho at Lagunitas del Rio Puerco. However, Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin recalled the concession in 1762 and regranted it to Antonio Baca. As…
by J. J. Bowden Miguel and Santiago Montoya petitioned Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin calling his attention to the fact that their deceased father, Miguel Montoya, had owned the tract upon which the governor had established the Town of Santo Tomas de Abiquiú. They also reminded Cachupin that he had…
by J. J. Bowden Luis Maria Baca, a resident of the town of Pena Blanca, petitioned Governor Alberto Maynez on May 23, 1815 asking for a grant covering a tract of land surrounding the Ojo del Espiritu Santo which was situated about six leagues west of the Pueblo of…
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Baca petitioned Governor Manuel Portillo Urrisola stating that Governor Francisco Antonio Martin del Valle had granted him a tract of land in 1759 lying between the Mesa Blanca Canon on the north, the lands of the settlers of the Rio Puerco on the…
by J. J. Bowden Bernabé Manuel Montano and eleven other persons, all residents of the Town of Albuquerque, petitioned Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin asking him to grant them a tract of vacant land situated on the Rio Puerco and lying about twenty miles west of that town. The petitioners…
by J. J. Bowden Mariano S. Otero filed a petition in Surveyor General George W. Julian’s office on September 28, 1887 seeking the confirmation of a grant which allegedly had been made to Joe García sometime prior to the year 1762, covering a tract of land bounded: On the…
by J. J. Bowden Early in the month of January, 1768, Ignacio Chaves, Tomas Chaves, Miguel Antonio Chaves, Antonio Chaves and Domingo de Luna, all residents of the Town of Artrisco, appeared before Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta and registered a tract of vacant land which they estimated to…
by J. J. Bowden The only serious attempt by Spain or Mexico to Christianize the Navajo Indians was made in 1746 by Padre Juan Menchero. He induced several hundred Navajos to settle at the place known as Cebolleta, which was located on the Pojuate River about eleven miles north…
by J. J. Bowden Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco and Pedro Padillo appeared before Governor Pedro Fermín de Mendinueta and advised him that their livestock were suffering due to their not having enough land to properly pasture them. Therefore, they requested Mendinueta to grant them a tract of vacant…
