Shalam, the Land of Children By Lee Priestley, 1978 Shall I begin by my lack of qualification as a historian? I am only a writer in pursuit of a story. There are two ways of going about historical research. There is the correct way. A careful collection of facts,…
Shalam Colony, A Utopian Experiment Research by Linda Blazer Shalam was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough and a group of his religious followers called Faithists. Newbrough claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this…
By William H. Wroth The Cofradía de Nuestro Padre Jesús (Brotherhood of Our Father Jesus) is a Catholic lay confraternity in New Mexico, whose members, popularly known the Penitentes, are dedicated to living a pious Christian life through devotion to the suffering and crucifixion of Christ. Their devotional activities…
1 28 1814 By Samuel Sisneros Padre Ramón Ortiz’s parents were don Antonio Ortiz and doña Teresa Miera, both descendants of prominent Spanish colonial families in New Mexico, Chihuahua, and Mexico City. Padre Ortiz’s paternal ancestor was Nicolas Ortiz the progenitor of the prominent Ortiz family in New Mexico….
1 17 1793 El Padre Martínez nació en Abiquiú el 17 de enero del 1793, en lo que entonces se llamaba provincia de Nuevo Méjico. Sus padres fueron el don Severino Martínez y María del Carmen Santisevan. La vida del presbítero don Antonio José Martínez se extiende a través…
8 28 1842 Archbishop of the diocese of Santa Fe, is a native of France, his birth having occurred at Mende, in the department of Lozere, on the 28th of August, 1842. He descended from a French family of land-owners, which also numbered many members who found entrance into…
Very Rev. James H. Defouri, pastor of the Church of Our Lady of Sorrows, Catholic, at Las Vegas, is a native of Savoy, France, born at the villa of La Palud, in the parish of St. Jean de la Porte, on the 29th of August, 1830. At the age…
Upon returning to Spain in 1493 after his first voyage, Christopher Columbus contacted Pope Alexander VI (a Spaniard by birth) to report his discoveries. Acting as the great European arbiter of the day, the pope then issued a bull (decree) that divided the New World lands between Spain and…
By Gregg Gonzales From 1760 to 1859, La Castrense Church (the Military Chapel), stood on the south side of the Santa Fe Plaza across from the Palace of the Governors. The church’s official name was Nuesta Señora de la Luz (Our Lady of the Light), however, most of the…
Lincoln County Wars, outlaws, first Protestant church, Hondo Valley; St. Anne's Chapel By The Episcopal Church of Lincoln County The historical events which led up to the building of St. Anne’s Chapel begin with the Lincoln County War, when the Coe brothers, Al, Lou, Frank and George, moved into…
