New Mexico History One of the many goals of the Office of the State Historian is to provide support, resources, and inspiration for those who desire to learn more about New Mexico’s rich historical past and present. For students, this means providing meaningful and engaging primary sources, in both…
From the Library of Congress: Classes Topics NM History US History Stories "Explore the States." America's Story From America's Library www.americaslibrary.gov/es/nm/es_nm_subj.html English, Language Arts "Poetry 180: A Poem a Day for America's High Schools" www.loc.gov/poetry/180/ US History 1800s–1920s "Child Labor in the United States" Early 20th Century, Slideshow…
Farming for Feathers By John P. Wilson Las Cruces, NM If it had been called “ranching,” there would be shelves of books about it. But because it was considered agricultural, ostrich farming is now nearly forgotten. We’re referring to the rosy prospects that Arizona farmers saw in raising…
4 1917 She was known as “the Queen of the Fleet,” and her story still commands our respect. From her launch in April 1917 to the end of her service in 1946, she was the finest battleship of the Pacific fleet. Christened with champagne and the waters of the…
Often, the New Mexico History Scholars write papers on their findings when their research is completed; some write books. Here is a listing and link to a few of those we think you may enjoy: Politics and Pugilism: Boxing in New Mexico Navajo Linguistics and the New Deal…
By John P. Wilson Las Cruces, NM In 1851 it cost only three cents per half-ounce to send a letter up to 3,000 miles. Twelve years later the same three cents carried this letter anywhere in the U.S. While first-class letter rates have increased sixteen-fold since then, a recent…
It was in 1881 that the small town of Alamitos started its upward trend. During this year the railroad was built through this place, and since Alamitos was about midway between Albuquerque and Gallup the railroad company decided upon Alamitos as their coaling-station, which led to the building of…
The people of Tamaya Pueblo who have occupied their current site in central New Mexico since at least the late 1500s, believe their ancestors originated from a subterranean world to the north. Assisted by their mother Iyatiko, they ascended through four worlds– the white, red, blue and yellow worlds–…
Pueblo de Abiquiú, Genízaro, Chama River, Governor Vélez Capuchín, Fray Francisco Delgado, Moqui, Hopi, Ute, Paiute, Comanche, Kiowa, Navajo, Apache, Pawnee, James S. Calhoun, Governor David Meriwether A Genízaro Community–Pueblo de Abiquiú The village of Abiquiu, New Mexico is located on the Chama River, 35 miles north of Santa…
Doña Tomasa, the Witch Nurse Margarita was very sick and in pain enough to die. Her baby would not come. For two days Quiteria, the partera, had been wringing her hands and weeping. She had done all she knew to do. Narciso, Margarita’s husband, haggard and worried, stood by…
