By Rick Hendricks In September 1890 more than three thousand spectators were on hand for the laying of the cornerstone of the first building erected on the campus of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Las Cruces. The large turnout was an indication of the excitement…
Dr. John Ballou Newbrough with his eyes blindfolded drove north at sunrise until he reached the village of Dona Ana. There he turned west and went unerringly to a bend in the river that his spirit guides called the ideal location for the Land of Shalam. By Lee Priestley…
By Michael Anne Sullivan Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca was born on 1 November 1864 in Las Vegas, New Mexico, son of Tomas and Estafanita Delgado. He received his education in the parochial schools of Las Vegas and attended the local Jesuit College. Upon graduating, he began teaching in order to contribute…
The Historical Society of New Mexico, the oldest organization of its kind west of the Mississippi River, was formally organized on December 26, 1859 when a number of New Mexicans, both Hispano and Anglo, including many officers, territorial officials, judges, lawyers, churchmen, politicians and merchants, signed the necessary corporation…
Rodey was a member of the Territorial senate in 1889; author of the bill creating the University of New Mexico; member of the constitutional convention of New Mexico in 1890; and elected as a Republican to the Fifty‑seventh and Fifty‑eighth Congresses (March 4, 1901‑March 3, 1905). RODEY, BERNARD SHANDON:…
A brief history of the Historical Society of New Mexico, founded in 1859. The Historical Society of New Mexico (HSNM) was founded on December 26, 1859. It is the oldest historical society west of the Mississippi River. Although HSNM was forced to suspend activities during the Civil War, it…
At the end of the nineteenth century, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas J. Morgan (1889-1893) and Superintendent of Indian schools Estelle Reel (1898-1910) introduced art instruction in the curriculum of federal boarding schools as an optimal means to reach the goals of assimilation. Art Education at the Albuquerque Indian…
Elizabeth Willis DeHuff was an art teacher at the Santa Fe Indian School in the early 1900s. She taught many young Indian Students to paint, and was later criticized for allowing them to paint their Indian ways, that were otherwise discouraged at the school….. Elizabeth Willis DeHuff and the Young…
Ted Martinez was born in 1936 in the depth of the Great Depression. He was born in Martineztown, a part of Albuquerque formerly known as “Dog Town,” because of the numerous dogs in the area. By James O’Leary Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded…
State Records Center and Archives Ground Breaking: By Robert Torrez On 15 May 1996 the State of New Mexico held a ground breaking for the construction of a long awaited State Records Center and Archives building in Santa Fe. The event marked the culmination of a lengthy struggle by…
