Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden Domingo Romero together with his two half‑brothers Miguel and Manuel Ortiz, petitioned Governor Juan Bautista de Anza for a grant covering a tract of vacant land at the foot of the Mesita de Juana Lopez. They advised the Governor that they needed the grant as…
by J. J. Bowden Ensign Ygnacio de Roybal petitioned Governor Pedro Rodriquez Cubero for a rancho on which to raise enough food to support his family and pasture his herds of livestock He reminded the governor that Captain Jacinto Palaez previously had been granted two fanegas of corn land…
by J. J. Bowden Captain Nicolas Ortiz petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering the tract of land called the Caja del Rio, which he described as being bounded: On the north, by a large table‑land standing in front of the cultivated lands of San Ildefonso;…
by J. J. Bowden Ensign Alonzo Rael de Aguilar, one of the reconquerors of New Mexico and its Secretary of State and War during the reconquest appeared before Governor Diego de Vargas at Santa Fe on September 18, 1692, requesting a grant covering a tract of land at the…
by J. J. Bowden In 1724 Cristobal Tafoya received a grant from Governor Juan Domingo do Bustamante covering a tract of land located on both sides of the Santa Clara River and about one and a half leagues west of the Pueblo of Santa Clara on condition that said…
by J. J. Bowden In prehistoric times, a tribe of Tewa Indians dwelt in a cluster of artificial grottos excavated in the cliffs located west of the Rio Grande and about thirty miles above Santa Fe. This pueblo was called Caypa when Juan de Oñate visited the settlement on…
by J. J. Bowden The Pueblo of San Ildefonso was first visited by the Spaniards in 1593, when Francisco Leveya de Bonilla and Antonio Gutierrez de Humana made it the principal base for their ill-fated and unauthorized expedition into the northern frontiers of New Spain. This expedition played an…
by J. J. Bowden Captain Alfonso Rael de Aguilar petitioned Governor Pedro Rodriques Cubero stating that the lands at the Pueblo of Cuyamunque had been uninhabited and in waste since the Tewa Indians had abandoned the Pueblo during the insurrection of 1696, and that he needed a tract of…
by J. J. Bowden The Pueblo of Pojoaque was the smallest pueblo occupied by the Tewa Indians and is situated on the north bank of the Pojoaque Creek about eighteen miles northwest of Santa Fe. It became the seat of the Spanish mission of San Francisco early in the…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Trujillo, a native of New Mexico and soldier stationed at Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Pedro Rodrigues Cubero requesting a grant covering the tract of land known as the Mesilla of San Ildefonso. He stated that he needed the land as a pasturage for…
