Following the conquest of the Southwest by the United States, Archbishop Lamy became the first bishop of Santa Fe. When he arrived in the early 1850s, he found only nine priests in New Mexico. He proceeded to bring a large number of priests from France and other European countries….
by Estevan Arellano For the early settlers who braved the “Jornada del Muerto,” or Journey of the Dead from Mexico to northern New Mexico in 1598, it was not simply a matter of finding good soil and water to plant in order to survive, it also meant learning to…
One of the most conspicuous families in the aristocratic old Spanish regime in New Mexico, and one whose name is inseparably linked with the history of the Territory is that of which the honored subject of this review was a prominent member. His was a nobility of character and…
Blackdom is a ghost town in Chaves County, New Mexico, founded by African-American settlers in 1901 and abandoned in the mid-1920s. Founded by Frank and Ella Boyer under the requirements of the Homestead Act, the town experienced significant growth in the first decades with settlers from throughout the United…
Ezequiel C. de Baca By Anselmo F. Arellano Many times during the historical course of a society, leaders emerge to represent their people and assist them in societal concerns. Much of the history of a people is thus manifest in the types, number and charisma of its leaders. The…
Yasutaro Soga, Japanese Internee By Lauren Gray* On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This momentous and shocking event propelled the United States into the Second World War as America joined the Allied forces in the fight…
The Revolt and Treason Trials of 1847 By: Robert J. Torrez The occupation of New Mexico by United States troops in 1846, like the much better known reconquest of New Mexico by Diego de Vargas in 1692, is often characterized as peaceful and bloodless because it was accomplished without…
Viva Dios y la nación y la fe de Jesucristo pues los puntos mas principales que defienden son los que siguen. 1º Ser con Dios y la nación y la fe de Jesucristo. 2º Defender nuestra patria hasta derramar la última gota de Sangre para consequir la victoria pretendida…
Lions Hondo Little League, Roswell, NM Little League World Series Champions, 1956 Guy Bevill Farral Dunham Teddy Garrett Harold Hobson Tommy Jordan Albert Palimino Mike Sandry David Sherrod Harold Sherrod David Smith Richard St. John Richard Storey Blaine Stribling Billy Turley Jimmy Valdez Randy Willis Roswell Little Leaguers 1956;…
