Adelina (Nina) Otero Warren–suffragist, educator, politician, entrepreneur, and writer– was born in 1881 in La Constancia, New Mexico, near Los Lunas. By Priscilla Solis Ybarra Adelina (Nina) Otero Warren—suffragist, educator, politician, entrepreneur, and writer– was born in 1881 in La Constancia, New Mexico, near Los Lunas. She was the…
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…
Tijerina was a dedicated defender of his people, someone who, despite the violence of the Courthouse Raid, was a sincere promoter of peace and equality for all. By Lorena Oropeza While seeking letters of recommendation last year, I explained to two senior colleagues in the field of Chicana/o History…
From February 1889 until the summer of 1891 a clandestine organization of night riders known as Las Gorras Blancas cut the fences and burned the barns of ranchers enclosing the Las Vegas Land Grant commons and destroyed railroad ties and burned bridges in a related effort to disrupt the…
Living, Mangas Coloradas was an enigma; dead more than one hundred years, his demise has been equally mysterious. Chief of the murderous Copper Mine band of Apache Indians, who ranged much of southern New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico, he was, physically, a giant among a nation of people…
By Rick Hendricks Ulysses S. Grant once ran for governor of New Mexico. No, not that Ulysses S. Grant! The would-be governor was born Donald R. Waskey to Calvin and Margaret Waskey in Baltimore, Maryland, about 1938. Waskey apparently entered the Air Force and became a nuclear weapons mechanical…
