Shalam, the Land of Children By Lee Priestley, 1978 Shall I begin by my lack of qualification as a historian? I am only a writer in pursuit of a story. There are two ways of going about historical research. There is the correct way. A careful collection of facts,…
Shalam Colony, A Utopian Experiment Research by Linda Blazer Shalam was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough and a group of his religious followers called Faithists. Newbrough claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this…
7 19 1830 By Denise Holladay Damico Santiago de Jesus Valdez was born in Taos, New Mexico on July 19, 1830 and was baptized by water upon his birth "because of emergency" by the Padre's younger brother, Don Santiago Martinez. Padre Martinez concluded the baptism on July 22 of…
Sometime during the month of March 1632, Captain Don Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos arrived in Santa Fe from Mexico City, and became the eighth governor of New Mexico. Old Spanish documents recently brought to light and translated, show that in so far as the antagonism between state…
6 14 1870 By Mark B. Thompson Having served as the last Chief Justice of the territorial Supreme Court and the first federal judgeafter New Mexico achieved statehood, William H. Pope has a unique place in New Mexico history. Judge Pope may also be unique in that he twice,…
1916 By Michael Ann Sullivan Jack M. Campbell, served two terms as governor of New Mexico from 1963–1966. Campbell worked to increase money for education at all levels—often exhorting that education was the cornerstone for future progress in New Mexico. Campbell also stressed long-term economic development with an emphasis…
Bernardo López de Mendizábal By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Beginning as early as the 1540s, wars in Europe and the Mediterranean proved financially ruinous for the Spanish monarchy. Castile and the empire it controlled lurched from fiscal crisis to crisis throughout the end of the sixteenth…
Hon. Benjamin Franklin Pankey, state senator and ranchman, whose efforts along political as well as business lines have been an element in the progress, prosperity, and up building of the new State, was born in Harrisburg, Illinois, in 1861. He comes of French ancestry and his parents were William…
Mexican Independence Day Celebrations in New Mexico September 16th: 1821-1846 By Robert Torrez New Mexico was part of the Mexican Republic from 1821 to 1846. Historical documents in the Mexican Archives of New Mexico show that during this time nuevomexicanos celebrated the commemoration of Mexican independence from Spain, planning…
By John P. Wilson In its 11 May 1881 issue, the Santa Fe Daily New Mexican included the following intriguing paragraph regarding Billy the Kid: “Newman’s Semi-Weekly gives a long account of the Kid and his career, which is not very complimentary to the subject of the story. Some…
