The Mexican American War remains one of the most decisive moments in Southwestern history and its impact upon New Mexico cannot be emphasized enough. The underlying impetus for the war can be found in the ideology of Manifest Destiny, a sensibility that the possession of the lands from the…
Following the conquest of the Southwest by the United States, Archbishop Lamy became the first bishop of Santa Fe. When he arrived in the early 1850s, he found only nine priests in New Mexico. He proceeded to bring a large number of priests from France and other European countries….
by Estevan Arellano For the early settlers who braved the “Jornada del Muerto,” or Journey of the Dead from Mexico to northern New Mexico in 1598, it was not simply a matter of finding good soil and water to plant in order to survive, it also meant learning to…
One of the most conspicuous families in the aristocratic old Spanish regime in New Mexico, and one whose name is inseparably linked with the history of the Territory is that of which the honored subject of this review was a prominent member. His was a nobility of character and…
by John D. Schelburg New Deal programs played a profound role in New Mexico from 1933 through 1942. Not only was New Mexico plagued with poverty but it also lacked state agencies capable of delivering social services. The Federal agencies created by the New Deal to stimulate the economy…
by Jane Knowles The Hacienda de los Torres is a well preserved family-owned farm that has been in continuous use since its purchase by Onesimo Valentine Torres in 1914. It is significant as an intact and functioning northern New Mexico agricultural complex and landscape established as a sheep-farming ranch….
Explanation of Types of Land Grants in New Mexico by Malcolm Ebright and Robin Collier Hispano Community Grants made to a group of Hispanos that included common lands in the grant at the outset. Settlers would receive small tracts of private land for their houses and garden plots…
Biography of George Hoshida, Japanese Internee By Lauren Gray George Hoshida was born in Kumamoto, Japan in 1907 but spent relatively little time there. In 1912, his father, who had immigrated to Hilo, Hawaii, sent for his wife and children. However, funds were limited, so four year old George…
Blackdom is a ghost town in Chaves County, New Mexico, founded by African-American settlers in 1901 and abandoned in the mid-1920s. Founded by Frank and Ella Boyer under the requirements of the Homestead Act, the town experienced significant growth in the first decades with settlers from throughout the United…
Coming of the Iron Steed: Railroads of Santa Fe County 1880-2010 By Fred Friedman Introduction: Santa Fe has been a railroad town since 1880, when the first locomotive backed all the way up from Galisteo Junction, now known as the community of Lamy, because there was no facility in…
