San Miguel del Bado Grant By Malcolm Ebright Introduction The San Miguel del Bado grant was the first major community land grant to expand the periphery of Spanish settlement on the eastern frontier of New Mexico around Pecos Pueblo. After the Comanche Peace Treaty was signed by Governor Juan…
The first site of Fort Wingate, established around 1849, was at Seboyeta. From there it was moved south and west to a site near Ojo del Gallo, where Hispanic settlers had created a small community, now San Rafael, around the spring of that name. The site of the fort…
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…
The ruins at Aztec, a significant archaeological site in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico, were originally excavated through 1916-1921. Aztec consisted of 353 rooms surrounding an open courtyard with 29 kivas, and housed some 700-1000 residents intermittently. 1367 The Aztec Ruins is a significant archaeological site…
Cubero Cubero passed through the area in 1697 on an expedition to Zuni, and it's possible the name originated then. It's also possible the name comes from a local family, though one no longer living in the community. The village appears as Cubera on Bernardo Miera y Pacheco's map…
Sabinal, Camino Real In his reminiscences, recorded in 1777, Juan Candelaria described the founding of many towns after the Spanish reconquest of New Mexico in the 1690s. He thought that Sabinal was founded in 1741 and associated it with Belén (Armijo 1929:280-281). Sabinal is listed on official registers of towns…
The Tierra Amarilla Grant was petitioned in 1832, by Manuel Martinez. Classified as a quasi-community grant it was approved by Territorial Deputation for 594,515 acres. Proceedings before the office of the Surveyor General confirmed the grant at 524,515 acres. This grant has a long history of conflict and controversy…
by David Kammer Establishment of Fort Bayard Army Post Fort Bayard was established on August 21, 1866 by troops of Company B, 125th United States Colored Infantry under the command of Lt. James M. Kerr. Kerr was acting on a recommendation made earlier by Major Nelson H. Davis, Assistant…
Koehler, coal mining town Koehler was a settlement in Colfax Couty. Its location was 16 miles southwest of Raton, 6 miles northwest of US 64, in Prairie Crow Canyon. It had a Post Office from 1907 to 1932 and from 1943 to 1957, after which the mail was set…
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.
