1916 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Eduardo de Pascua Dozier, the eleventh and final child of Leocadia Gutiérrez and Thomas Sublette Dozier, was born at his mother's home of Santa Clara Pueblo on Easter Day 1916. His father was a lawyer turned school teacher, who hailed from…
By Rick Hendricks Born to Lorenzo de Samaniego y Jaca and Catalina Díez de Ulzurrun y Roncal in Estella in the Basque province of Navarra, don Juan de Samaniego y Díez de Ulzurrun Jaca y Roncal, donned the habit of the Order of San Juan de Jerusalén in 1637…
Transcribed by Gerald Mandell, edited by Rick Hendricks El Capitán Y Sargento mayor Don Diego Dionissio de Peñalossa Brize-/ ño y Verdugo feudatario Encomendado En los Reynos del Peru Al/ calde Probinzial de la santa Hermandad de la Ciudad de la Paz y Las Cinco Pro-/ bincias de…
Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura was born in Gallup in 1925. He enlisted in the Army in World War II but did not see action. The Korean War proved to be a very different story. On a dark April night in 1951, Corporal Miyamura's company was holding a defensive position on…
An Essay by Rick Hendricks The cries of the muleteers rent the hot, dry air of desolate El Paso. Heavily laden wagons lurched forward, propelled by yoked oxen to the accompaniment of the high‑pitched squeal and roaring undertone of wood‑on‑wood axles. Fighting men, Spaniard and Pueblo ally alike, went…
By Rick Hendricks Introduction As the Brothers of St. Francis toiled in the Lord's vast and desolate vineyard that was the province of New Mexico under imperial Spain, they were rarely able to escape the mundane struggle for existence in an often harsh, unforgiving land. Nevertheless, in the absence…
By Rick Hendricks Beginnings The history of copper mining in southern New Mexico always brings to mind Santa Rita del Cobre and later the Chino mine. What is less well known is that another mine located some four miles north of Santa Rita actually out-produced the more famous mine…
By Rick Hendricks The celebration of the attainment of statehood in January 1912 was followed soon thereafter by the inaugural festivities for William C. McDonald, the first governor of the State of New Mexico. The menu for the meal following the inaugural ball was surprisingly modest, centered around chicken…
