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…
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 …
This interview was taken by Edith L. Crawford as part of the Federal Writers' Project. The Project was part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under the New Deal. Interviews with 'old timers' and prominent citizens were recorded for posterity. Topics varied but were meant to encompass the history…
The History Bureau of the Museum of New Mexico conducted an oral history project covering the way of life of the Hispanic sheepherder of the states eastern plains. The following account is based on the authors interviews at the History Bureau with Mariano Chavez, the son of a traditional…
Life with New Mexico’s Mule King By Arleen Gaba It was February of 1961 when I arrived in New Mexico with my two-month-old son. I had left the verdant valleys of northern California to join my husband and begin our life together on his grandfather's ranch, two hours north…
Robert D. Martínez In the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives at the New Mexico State Commission of Public Records in Santa Fe, there is a document that gives great insight into the lives of these New Mexican Gallegos people. It is the last will and testament of…
Farming for Feathers By John P. Wilson Las Cruces, NM If it had been called “ranching,” there would be shelves of books about it. But because it was considered agricultural, ostrich farming is now nearly forgotten. We’re referring to the rosy prospects that Arizona farmers saw in raising…
