Albuquerque Modernist Architecture; Architecture in New Mexico By Chris Wilson The National Register Multiple Property Historic Context, “Buildings Designed by John Gaw Meem” by Kammer, and scholarly monographs on the architect by Bunting, Chauvenet and Wilson, document Meem’s position as New Mexico’s preeminent architect and historic preservationist from the…
Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail; By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Between 1821 and 1880 the Santa Fe Trail linked the supply and transportation centers of Kansas and Missouri to consumer markets in Mexico and New Mexico. Along the approximately 800-mile wagon road between western Missouri…
Trujillo, Miguel H. New Mexico Indian Civil Rights Pioneer By Gordon Bronitsky It is rare that one individual can be singled out for playing a decisive role in history. In the struggle for civil rights, names like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks have earned honored places. Another…
by Robert Torrez The 1700s were a period of extraordinary change for New Mexico. From the time New Mexico was settled by the Spanish in 1598, the colony was essentially a government-subsidized Franciscan mission for the Pueblo Indians. Following the Pueblo Revolt and Reconquest, the authority of the Church…
By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint As the modern traveler approaches Zuni Pueblo from the west along State Highway 53, one sees a massive cream-colored mesa as a backdrop for the pueblo itself. This mesa is called Dowa Yalanne, meaning Corn (Dowa) Mountain (Yalanne). The mesa is indicated…
By John P. Conron As the tracks crept ever nearer to the New Mexico border throughout the 1860s and 1870s, the conflicts among entrepreneurs and builders grew more influential in the affairs of New Mexico. The upright Boston capitalists, who backed the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Rail Road,…
The prosperity of the 1920s ended with the economic catastrophe known as the Great Depression. By 1933 industrial production had fallen, thousands of banks were closed, and millions of Americans were jobless. The horizon of prosperity looming "just around the corner" seemed to fade from view. While the Depression…
NINTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, ———- Convened at Santa Fe first Monday in December, 1859. ———- COUNCIL. PRESIDENT.—Jose G. Gallegos, of San Miguel County. CLERK.—Jesus Ma. Sena y B. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS .—Felipe Sandoval. MORA.—Felipe Romero. TAOS.—Antonio Jose Ortiz, Santiago Valdez. RIO ARRIBA.—Antonio Ma. Pacheca. Pedro Bautista Gallegos. SANTA FE.—Merrill Ashurst. SAN MIGUEL.—Jose…
EIGHTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. ———- Convened at Santa Fe first Monday in December, 1858. ———- COUNCIL. PRESIDENT.—La Fayette Head, of Taos County. CLERK . —Nicolas Quintana. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.—Jesus Sandoval. TAOS,—Jose Benito Martinez, Albino Chacon, La Fayette Head. Rio ARRIBA.—Geronimo Jaramillo, Pedro Salazar. SANTA FE.—Nasario Gonzales. SAN MIGUEL.—Donaciano Vigil, Miguel Sena y…
SEVENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. ———- Convened at Santa Fe on the last Monday in December, 1857 ———- COUNCIL. PRESIDENT.—Donaciano Vigil, of San Miguel County. CLERK.—Charles P. Cleaver. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.—Sebastian Gonzales. TAOS.—Albino Chacon, LaFayette Head, Jose Benito Martinez. Rio ARRIBA.—Geronimo Jaramillo, Pedro Salazar. SANTA FE.—Nasario Gonzales. SAN MIGUEL.—Donaciano Vigil, Miguel Sena y…
