Governor Bent, US Army, Mexican loyalists, Taos, brutality, rebellion Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives American troops come to Taos to avenge Governor Bent's murder and brutally put down the rebellion.
1 1880, transportation, trains, hangings, shoot-out, fireworks, outlaws, parties Claude Stephenson, State Folklorist, Department of Cultural Affairs Rick Hendricks, State Historian, State Records Center and Archives The first passenger train to Albuquerque in 1880 was historic in more ways than one.
