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Francisco de la O to James Wiley Magoffin, Hacienda de la Rosalía, 23 March 1861

Francisco de la O to James Wiley Magoffin, Hacienda de la Rosalía, 23 March 1861, Magoffin Home, I3-14a. Translation by Rick Hendricks   Hacienda de Santa Rosalía, 23 March 1861 Don Santiago Magoffin Fort Bliss             My dear sir of my particular appreciation and respect,                         I have received…

Biographical Sketch of Miguel Chavez

There appears to be little doubt that Santa Fe businessman Miguel Chavez earned the designation placed on his death certificate by his executor and personal representative: Capitalist. Yet, as an early day Warren Buffet, he was also rightly credited with the title: Philanthropist. By Mark Thompson There appears to…

Thomas Catron

Biographical information about Thomas B. Catron. CATRON, THOMAS BENTON: Republican; born near Lexington, Lafayette County, Mo., October 6, 1840; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1860; served 4 years in Confederate Army during the Civil War; moved to New Mexico…

William Anderson Pile

Born on February 11, 1829 near Indianapolis, Indiana. Pile was married and a member of the Methodist Church. Pile’s family moved to Missouri when he was a young child, eventually settling in St. Louis. After he studied theology, he became a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, serving in…

Carmen Teresa Gabaldon-Rios

Carmen Teresa Gabaldon Rios was a skilled and intelligent business woman who helped make the Rios Wood Yard in Santa Fe the successful operation that it was for many years on Camino Monte Sol.  She also raised a large family in which she was its heart and soul Carmen Teresa Gabaldon…

Charles Ilfeld Biography

By Richard and Shirley Flint Sponsored by the Paul C. S. Carpenter History Project and funded by the King/Carpenter Charitable Trust Lester lived in Homburg von der Hohe (now Bad Hamburg), near Frankfurt, Germany, with their family of seven…