Women Who Influenced New Mexico History Agriculture Art Dolores Huerta and the Farm Workers Movement Georgia O'Keeffe Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, LULAC Activist Virginia Maria Romero "Ethel Mertz" and Alburquerque's Little Theatre Athletics Aviation The "Girls" of UNM …
Buried in the December 23, 1898, edition of the Albuquerque Morning Democrat between local tidbits of spring-cleaning and the ladies’ library committee meetings, a curious item stands out: the birth of basketball in the Territory of New Mexico. In bloomers and bows with the letters “UNM” sewn across their…
1886 The Ranger and the Saboteur By John P. Wilson Las Cruces, New Mexico We think of the sheriffs and U.S. Marshals of the Old West as the men who brought law to the mesquite in early-day New Mexico. However, what about up in the ponderosas, among the occasional…
The Mulatos of Cochiti By Robert D. Martínez On 21 March 1777 at the Pueblo church of San Buenaventura at Cochiti in the Province of Nuevo México, a baby boy was baptized by the parish priest. The child was named Julián Ramón Salas and was the son of Alonso…
Banishment During the Spanish Period in New Mexico: The Case of Reymundo Baca Valencia By J. Richard Salazar On March 18, 1765, Antonia Martin, resident of the Puesto of Nuestra Senora de la Soledad del Rio Arriba (the present day community of Alcalde), appeared before Alcalde Mayor of Santa…
11 18 1887 “If ever there was a raging, blazing soul mounting to the skies it is that of Georgia O’Keeffe.” New Yorker Magazine, 1926 By Michael Ann Sullivan Georgia O’Keeffe was born on November 18, 1887, in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, eight miles north of Madison. She was the…
By Donald R. Moorman Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Western History that has captured the imagination of the American people has been the problem of law enforcement. Seemingly, few aspects of this field remain to be covered. The colorful sheriffs and marshals of Tombstone, Dodge City and Topeka…
5 18 1918 In cowboy boots, string tie and ten-gallon Stetson he appeared oddly out of place at New York's LaGuardia Airport. And from the way he hovered over the six big cardboard boxes that accompanied him, protecting them from customary airport abuse, it was obvious he was guarding…
6 5 1850 Pat Garrett, An Unlucky Lawman By Kathy Weiser Born in Chambers County, Alabama on June 5, 1850, Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was one of seven children born to John and Elizabeth Garrett. Three years later, Pat's father, John Garrett, purchased a Louisiana plantation in Claiborne…
Carlsbad Irrigation District Carlsbad Vicinity, Eddy County National Register of Historic Places, SRCP #408 Statehood period of significance: c.1890-1912 Associated themes: Agriculture; Irrigation; Federal Government Images: 1) color image of Pecos River Flume, HPD files Developed before and after statehood, the Carlsbad Irrigation Project in the lower Pecos Valley…
