Los Lentes By Patty Guggino Los Lentes, a small village on the west bank of the Rio Grande several miles south of Isleta Pueblo, is identified in the Spanish Census of 1790 as La Plaza de San Antonio.(8) This identification of the village with the patron saint of the…
Deming Although Juan Bautista de Anza passed near here in 1780, the modern settlement of Deming dates from 1881 when the AT&SF and SP Railroads met near here, giving New Mexico its first rail access to both coasts. The settlement origianlly was called New Chicago and was located 10…
Hacienda de los Torres By Jane Knowles The Hacienda de los Torres is a well preserved family-owned farm that has been in continuous use since its purchase by Onesimo Valentine Torres in 1914. It is significant as an intact and functioning northern New Mexico agricultural complex and landscape established…
The first site of Fort Wingate, established around 1849, was at Seboyeta. From there it was moved south and west to a site near Ojo del Gallo, where Hispanic settlers had created a small community, now San Rafael, around the spring of that name. The site of the fort…
Blackwater Draw There was a hiatus in field investigations at Blackwater Draw due to World War II and the departure of Dr. Howard. The decade of the 1950s brought renewed interest mainly due to the threat of imminent destruction of the entire site by the Sanders Sand and Gravel…
Cubero Cubero passed through the area in 1697 on an expedition to Zuni, and it's possible the name originated then. It's also possible the name comes from a local family, though one no longer living in the community. The village appears as Cubera on Bernardo Miera y Pacheco's map…
The Tierra Amarilla Grant was petitioned in 1832, by Manuel Martinez. Classified as a quasi-community grant it was approved by Territorial Deputation for 594,515 acres. Proceedings before the office of the Surveyor General confirmed the grant at 524,515 acres. This grant has a long history of conflict and controversy…
Koehler, coal mining town Koehler was a settlement in Colfax Couty. Its location was 16 miles southwest of Raton, 6 miles northwest of US 64, in Prairie Crow Canyon. It had a Post Office from 1907 to 1932 and from 1943 to 1957, after which the mail was set…
Kay-tichi-tya is the traditional name for San Felipe Pueblo. Today the pueblo’s population is around 3,200. 1328 Kay-tichi-tya is the traditional name for San Felipe Pueblo.
By Wanda G. Fuselier and Elon M. Yurwit Near the corner of southwestern New Mexico — midway between Silver City and Deming — is Faywood Hot Springs, a natural geothermal high desert oasis. For centuries, this special place has lured many to its seductive, healing waters. Prehistoric peoples, Spanish…
