4 4 1869 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint To the modern traveler visiting New Mexico "Santa Fe style" conjures many images but early in the 20th Century, it signified a new American expression of urban architecture and design. Mary Colter was at the forefront of the mission…
by David Kammer Nowhere in the United States is a regional architecture more evident than in New Mexico and sections of surrounding states where elements of prehistoric, Spanish colonial and Territorial building practices continue to find expression in many contemporary residences as well as public, civic and institutional, and…
The grant was approved by Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for 2,137 acres. Proceedings before the Court of Private Land Claims confirmed the grant for 2,137 acres. A close-knit community located in Santa Fe County, the land grant heirs rallied together in 1926, and defeated an erroneous tax assessment…
Blackwater Draw There was a hiatus in field investigations at Blackwater Draw due to World War II and the departure of Dr. Howard. The decade of the 1950s brought renewed interest mainly due to the threat of imminent destruction of the entire site by the Sanders Sand and Gravel…
Kay-tichi-tya is the traditional name for San Felipe Pueblo. Today the pueblo’s population is around 3,200. 1328 Kay-tichi-tya is the traditional name for San Felipe Pueblo.
Las Trampas Grant, Land Grant The Town of Las Trampas grant is also known as Santo Tomas Apostol del Rio de las Trampas. The grant was petitioned by Juan de Arguello and eleven other individuals in 1751. The grant was approved by Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin for 46,461 acres. …
Frances Webster Léon was born on August 6, 1917 in Irvington, New York. In 1940 at the age of 23, she married Morris H. Swadesh. Their marriage lasted until 1958, but she continued to use the surname Swadesh until 1978 when she married Miguel F. Quintana. Thereafter she…
By Rick Hendricks Virginia Maria Romero was born to William Adelbert Phillip Holley and Victoria Theresa Mucha on 16 March 1952 in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, where she grew up as Ginny Holley. Her father was the son of William Holley, Sr. and Agnes Gifford Holley, to whom he was…
8 4 1713 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint. Additional information by Rick Hendricks Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco was born on 4 August 1713 and baptized on 13 August in Santibáñez in the Valle de Carriedo in the province of Santander in Spain. On his mother\'s side,…
111246 The traditional spelling and name for Zia Pueblo is Tsia Video Clip Courtesy of Silver Bullet Productions “Zia Pueblo: Home of the Sun Symbol,” 2006 Pueblo of Zia, San Ysidro Vicinity, Zia Pueblo, Sandoval County, NM. Photo taken after 1933. Courtesy of the Historic American Buildings Survey (Library…
