By Rick Hendricks For most residents of colonial El Paso, the ancient church of Our Lady of Guadalupe regulated their lives. The cornerstone of the mission church dedicated to Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de los Mansos del Paso del Norte was laid in December 1659 by the Franciscan friar,…
Letter from Ferdinand II to the Duque del Infantado Transcription, Translation and Analysis by Rick Hendricks Del Rey Duque primo, la condesa de Saldaña vuestra hija, mi sobrina entrara mañana en esta villa, como ya vos escrivj y por que como sabeys las velaçiones se abrira pasado el…
Governor Juan de Eulate, 1618-1625: Another Look By Rick Hendricks In the opinion of most historians, Governor Juan de Eulate is best described in a quote from France V. Scholes, whom John L. Kessell considered the historian who knew Eulate best: was "a petulant, tactless, irreverent soldier whose…
By Chris Cozzone In 1805, “throwing one’s hat into the ring,” meant climbing into the squared circle to challenge a fellow pugilist. A hundred years later, in 1912, the phrase had expanded into politics, reaching peak usage when Theodore Roosevelt, who had been an amateur boxer and a big…
Major Works by Paolo Soleri Soleri, Paolo. Arcology, the City in the Image of Man. Engineering Societies Library Collection (Library of Congress). Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press, 1969. Soleri, Paolo. Arcosanti: An Urban Laboratory? San Diego, Calif: Avant Books, 1984. Soleri, Paolo. The Bridge between Matter & Spirit Is…
Paolo Soleri By Rick Hendricks* Paolo Soleri was born in Turin, Italy, on 21 June 1919. At sixteen, Soleri opted for…
History of Greeks in Albuquerque, 1900–1952 By Katherine Pomonis The first Greeks started coming to Albuquerque around the late 1890s. This is their story from 1900 through 1952. This 52-year period was the era when the Greeks of Albuquerque established their community and the St. George Greek Orthodox Church. …
Partial Bibliography of the Writings of Fabián García Compiled by Rick Hendricks Press Bulletins of the State College Experiment Station 351 Plant Pollinizers in Orchards 363 Tomato Culture 378 A Good List of Varieties of Fruits for New Mexico 379 Cold Frames and Early Cabbage 384 Size of Apple…
9 11 1885 by Suzanne Stamatov David Herbert Lawrence was born on 11 September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, England. His father, John Arthur Lawrence, had been a miner at Brinsley Colliery since he was seven years old. His mother, Lydia Beardsall Lawrence, tried to lift her children out of…
Governor Mateo Antonio de Mendoza Díaz de Arce, 1760 By Rick Hendricks Mateo Antonio de Mendoza Díaz de Arce was baptized on 28 September 1696 in Burgos. His parents were Francisco Mendoza y Martínez de Fuidio and Teresa Díaz de Arce y Maeda. The casa solar of the Díaz…
