Francisco de la O to James Wiley Magoffin, Hacienda de la Rosalía, 23 March 1861, Magoffin Home, I3-14a. Translation by Rick Hendricks Hacienda de Santa Rosalía, 23 March 1861 Don Santiago Magoffin Fort Bliss My dear sir of my particular appreciation and respect, I have received…
By Rick Hendricks William Osterton was born in Oldenburg in Lower Saxony around 1834. By 1857 he was living in Baltimore, Maryland. On 7 March 1860, Osterton became a naturalized citizen and on 30 June the US census for Santa Fe, New Mexico, listed him as a bookkeeper. He…
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,…
Rober J. Tórrez Several agricultural colonies were established in New Mexico during the last decades of the nineteenth century. One of the earliest and least known of these was Park View, a settlement established in northern New Mexico by a Chicago based corporation in 1876. The Park View colony…
In 1900, a Silver City newspaper proclaimed that–unlike other places in the country–Silver City did not have phthisophobia. By Kelly Roark In 1900, a Silver City newspaper proclaimed that—unlike other places in the country—Silver City did not have phthisophobia. Phthisophobia, or the fear of tuberculosis, was a growing…
Near the corner of southwestern New Mexico — midway between Silver City and Deming — is Faywood Hot Springs, a natural geothermal high desert oasis. By Wanda G. Fuselier and Elon M. Yurwit Near the corner of southwestern New Mexico — midway between Silver City and Deming — is…
The twentieth century has taken its toll on the remnants of prehistoric civilization in Chaco Canyon. By Robin Wakeland Sun washes it with white light, wind beats desert grit in and out of its plumbline crevices, and relentless rain dissolves adobe plaster with which it was built. Tourists trample…
Home to a large military presence engaged in top-secret projects, it’s perhaps not surprising that New Mexico has a reputation as a spawning ground for conspiracy theories and news of the weird. Among the most famous of these are the unproven claims of Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) sightings and…
By: Art Scott and Mike Lord The arrival of the railroad into the New Mexico territory in 1879 created major changes most notably in commerce. Since 1821 the most significant trade route between New Mexico and the United States had been the Santa Fe Trail. The town of Santa…
By William Wroth “Rio Grande” is the name given to Hispanic blanket weaving in nineteenth-century New Mexico. It is a craft tradition which has deep roots in Mexico and in the Southwest. Prior to the Spanish Conquest, weaving had long been practiced by Native Americans in New Mexico and…
