by J. J. Bowden Rafael Elias petitioned the Treasurer General of the State of Sonora, Nicolas Maria Gaxiola, on March 12, 1827 denouncing a tract of public land adjacent to the Rancho de San Pedro for ranching purposes. On July 1, 1827 Gaxiola ordered the Alcalde of Santa Cruz,…
by J. J. Bowden Juan, Rafael, and Ignacio Elias y Gonzales appeared before the Treasurer General of Sonora, Jose Maria Mendoza, on July 21, 1831, and filed an application to purchase the public lands located at the places and springs known as Santa Barbara, Naidenibacachi, Agua Prieta, and Coabuyona….
by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Crespo, a resident of Guaymas, petitioned the Governor of the State of Sonora, on September 10, 1852, and asked for a grant covering ten square leagues of vacant agricultural and pasture land at the place known as Tres Alamos, for the purpose of…
By Mark Thompson New Mexicans who use U.S. 285, Colorado 17 and U.S. 24 to get to the Vail Valley of Colorado, or maybe just use La Veta Pass as an alternative to Raton Pass when heading to Denver, know instinctively from the place names that the area commonly…
UDALL, Thomas, (son of Stewart Lee Udall; nephew of Morris K. Udall; cousin of Mark Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Representative and a Senator from New Mexico; born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 18, 1948; graduated from Prescott College, Prescott, Ariz., 1970; Bachelor of Law, Cambridge…
WILSON, Heather, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., December 30, 1960; graduated from Keene High School, Keene, N.H.; B.S. United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1982; Rhodes Scholar, M.Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1984; D.Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1985; United States…
Governor Manuel Portillo Urrisola, 1760-1762 by RickHendricks, Ph.D. Manuel Portillo Urrisola was a native of Valencia, Spain. He entered the royal service in 1717 army and continued as a soldier and cadet in the Dragoons of Belgium until 20 January 1735. During that time he participated in the Navarra…
By Corinne P. Sze, Ph.D. for the Fairview Cemetery Preservation Association During the Spanish Colonial and Mexican periods (1598-1846), Roman Catholicism was the only non-Indian religion openly practiced in New Mexico. Early religious burials were within churches or in their immediate vicinity. Later graveyards were established at a farther…
by Matthew A. Sterner Fort McRae served an important function as a frontier military outpost during the period of Indian unrest in the New Mexico Territory. From its inception in 1863, Fort McRae served as an important outpost in quelling unrest in the region. Placed along a strategic corridor…
Articles of a treaty made and entered into at Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, by and between Col. E. V. Sumner, U.S.A., commanding the 9th Department and in charge of the executive…
