1882, weather, Tijeras Canyon; Great Wind of 1882 Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The bit of a breeze that barreled through Tijeras Canyon in March 1882 nearly blew Albuquerque to…
1902, statehood, territories, Las Cruces; Martin Amador Audio file "Centennial Journeys" radio program 2012 Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Martin Amador's 1902 testimony before Senator Beveridge's Committee on Territories set New Mexico statehood back ten years. Las…
art, artists, painters, Taos Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A broken wagon wheel during Ernest Blumenshein and Bert Philip's western painting expedition in 1898 brings them and other artists to Taos.
land, courts, lawsuits, real estate Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Two different families held separate land grant titles to the same piece of real estate. After they sold them to competing interests, the resulting conflict ended up…
Japanese, Asian, Nisei, POWs, internment camps, World War II Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Internment of Japanese-American citizens during World War II is now seen as a national embarrassment, however, no one interned at the Santa Fe…
Clayton, parties, celebrations Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives A Clayton company is formed with the express purpose of providing a…
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The USS New Mexico Battleship was the Queen of the Pacific Fleet during two world wars.
Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Although "officially" attributed to natural causes, cattle mutiiations are still a mysterious phenomenon.
Colfax County, Beaubien, Miranda, Lucien Maxwell, land grants Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Part 1: The last of the pre-territorial land grants was steeped in controversy. 1 Part 2: The story of an iconic figure in New…
Murder, rebels, rebellion, loyalists, Mexico, US, Governor Bent Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives Mexican loyalists rebel against the Americans and murder newly appointed Governor Charles Bent.
