New Mexicans who preserve the heritage of the state through stories.
Likening the newspapers of the day to the bombastic extravagance of the carnival barker, historian Frederick Lewis Allen named the period of time just before the stock market crash of 1929 “the ballyhoo years.” “When something happened which promised an appeal to the popular mind,” Allen wrote, “one had…
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…
Eighty years ago, the United States faced the worst epidemic in our nation’s history. The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 killed over half a million Americans and an estimated 20 million persons worldwide. By Richard Melzer and Oswald G. Baca Eighty years ago, the United States faced the worst…
"In the Forgotten Land of God: The Influence of the Genizaros on Penitential Practices of the Mission Frontier of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado" By Randall James Weaver Graduate Student California State University, Dominguez Hills In 1840, the American explorer and trader Josiah Gregg encountered a startling scene…
Biography/WPA Writers' Project of Admiral Don Phelipe de Sotelo Ossorio, the sixth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith Field Worker WPA Biography Project Sixth Governor of New Mexico 1625 – 1629 On December 21st, 1625, Admiral Don Phelipe de Sotelo Ossorio arrived in Santa Fe and became the…
Figueroa, Luis de Guzman y Biography/WPA Writers' Project of Captain don Luis de Guzman y Figueroa, the fourteenth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith Fourteenth Governor of New Mexico 1647‑1649 WPA Biography Project Captain don Luis de Guzman y Figueroa, the fourteenth governor of New Mexico reached…
WPA Writers Project essay of Captain Don Bernardo Lopez de Mendizabal, eighteenth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith, Field Worker WPA Biography Project Captain Don Bernardo Lopez de Mendizabal, eighteenth governor of New Mexico, left Mexico City for Santa Fe on December 24th, 1658 with the caravan…
Captain Don Juan Francisco de Treviño was the twenty‑fourth governor of New Mexico; and it is assumed that he come north with the caravans in 1675. By Grace Meredith Twenty‑fourth Governor of New Mexico 1675‑1677 WPA Biography Project Captain Don Juan Francisco de Treviño was the twenty‑fourth governor…
Captain Don Juan Durán de Miranda served twice as governor of New Mexico. His first term was from 1664 to 1665, just about a year; and his second lasted from 1671 to 1675. Information concerning him and his activities are very meager. By Grace Meredith Twentieth and Twenty-third Governor…
The true story of a horserace between a Kentucky thoroughbred and a Navajo pony in 1861 at Fort Fontelroy. Fort Fontleroy, now Ft. Wingate, was taking its ease one warm October afternoon in the fall of 1861. A group of men were idly chatting in Dr. Cavanaugh's store. Among…
