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…
W. M. Emery 2/5/37 Years ago, when the citizens of Clayton were still depending on the ever faithful Dobbin as a means of local transportation, and the automobile had not yet been introduced in the town, the town people organized a company known as the “No-Cow Cattle Company,” whose…
4 10 1930 Upon reaching one’s 82nd birthday, most people might expect a cake, a few gifts and perhaps a visit from family and friends. On her 82nd birthday, native New Mexican Dolores Huerta learned that she would receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Of course, Ms. Huerta has…
5 18 1918 In cowboy boots, string tie and ten-gallon Stetson he appeared oddly out of place at New York's LaGuardia Airport. And from the way he hovered over the six big cardboard boxes that accompanied him, protecting them from customary airport abuse, it was obvious he was guarding…
Carlsbad Irrigation District Carlsbad Vicinity, Eddy County National Register of Historic Places, SRCP #408 Statehood period of significance: c.1890-1912 Associated themes: Agriculture; Irrigation; Federal Government Images: 1) color image of Pecos River Flume, HPD files Developed before and after statehood, the Carlsbad Irrigation Project in the lower Pecos Valley…
Las Cruces snags honor as nation's top farmers market Santa Fe garners few votes in online contest By Staci Matlock for the Santa Fe New Mexican The Las Cruces Farmers Market was voted the most popular large farmers market in the nation in an online contest sponsored by the…
By Virginia A. Taylor John W. Newberry arrived in the Las Cruces region in c. 1912, and by 1917 started a farm that would later be instrumental in the early promotion of pecan culture in the Mesilla Valley. Born John Wesley Newberry in July 4, 1879, in Greene County,…
The stereotypical cowboy most people think of today actually began with Spanish traditions, and before that, the Moors. During the 16th century, the Conquistadors and other Spanish settlers brought their cattle-raising traditions as well as both horses and domesticated cattle to the Americas, starting with their arrival in what…
By Kim Suina Peoples of the Southwest and Mexico used the Camino Real corridor for trade and as a communication network for hundreds of years before the arrival of European settlers. Indian trails encompassing the Camino Real linked the Aztec Empire and other Mesoamerican civilizations with the northern Chihuahuan…
