Dedication of the Official Historical Marker In Gallegos, New Mexico June 16, 2018 Delivered by New Mexico State Historian Rick Hendricks* Jesús María Gallegos, founder of the Gallegos Ranch (also known as Rincón Colorado), was from Montón de Los Álamos, located thirteen miles northeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico.He…
By Rick Hendicks New Mexicans became interested in the question of an appropriate state flower years before the territory achieved statehood. In 1906 an unnamed writer for the Las Vegas Daily Optic suggested, perhaps with tongue firmly planted in cheek, that given the opportunity to vote for a state…
By Rick Hendricks In September 1890 more than three thousand spectators were on hand for the laying of the cornerstone of the first building erected on the campus of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Las Cruces. The large turnout was an indication of the excitement…
By Rick Hendricks John Alexander Dowie was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1847. In 1860 he moved to Australia and in 1888 relocated to the United States. In 1896 Dowie founded the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church. Dowie established the city of Zion, which was formally founded in 1900 in…
By Rick Hendricks Théodore Rouault was born in Combourg, France, on 29 May1850. In 1876 at the age of twenty-six, the young priest sailed to the United States and was soon serving Immaculate Conception church in Yuma, Arizona, and he was exercising his priestly duties in Mesilla, New Mexico,…
Transcription and Translation by Rick Hendricks Socorro Vicente López, justicia, sargento of militia, español, married, 35, 5 sons, 14, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 daughter, age 7. Esteban López, español, married, 52, laborer, 1 unmarried son, 29, and 1 unmarried daughter, 27. Diego Varela, español, married, 48, laborer,…
Transcription and Translation by Rick Hendricks Citizens from El Paso 1. Blas Velarde, español, married, farmer; 1 son, 18; 3 daughters and 2 sons under 14; 1 arrimado, 14 2. Pablo Gutiérrez, español, married, farmer; 2 daughters under 14 3. Don Juan de Miranda, español, married, farmer; 1…
The United States government began its occupation of New Mexico in 1846. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established New Mexico as part of the United States in 1848. The United States government began its occupation of New Mexico in 1846. The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo established New Mexico as part…
Dr. John Ballou Newbrough with his eyes blindfolded drove north at sunrise until he reached the village of Dona Ana. There he turned west and went unerringly to a bend in the river that his spirit guides called the ideal location for the Land of Shalam. By Lee Priestley…
Finest wine in the city – 40,000 gallons – at L & H Huning and Goebel’ Transcript: By Phyllis O. Reiche In April of 1884 the Socorro Daily Sun carried this advertisement: Finest wine in the city – 40,000 gallons – at L & H …
