Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden During his successful entrada into New Mexico in the fall of 1692, Governor Diego de Vargas subdued twenty-three Indian pueblos and restored the capitol at Santa Fe to the Spanish Empire. Following his return to El Paso del Norte, Vargas quickly formulated plans for the…
by J. J. Bowden Vincente Duran y Armijo, a resident of Santa Fe, petitioned Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza, Governor of New Mexico, for a grant covering the lands embraced within the following boundaries: On the north, the Arroyo Seco; on the east, the mountains; on the south, the lands…
by J. J. Bowden While the Pueblo of Nambe undoubtedly existed long before, it was not until after the Villa of Santa Fe had been established that it was mentioned in the history books of New Mexico. It was a Tewa Pueblo and was located on Nambe Creek, an…
by J. J. Bowden Bernardino de Serna, Tomas de Serna, and Luis Lopez petitioned Governor Juan Domingo de Bustamante for a grant covering the surplus lands at the abandoned Pueblo of Cuyamunguefor ranching purposes. They described the requested tract as being located on both sides of the Tesuque River…
by J. J. Bowden Juan de Mestas, a resident of Santa Cruz, appeared before Governor Pedro Rodriques Cubero and registered a tract of land which he described as: … extending from the house erected by Captain Jacinto Pelaez towards the river‑side below the Pueblo of Pojoaque and to a…
by J. J. Bowden Diego de Belasco, a resident of Santa Cruz, petitioned Governor Juan Domingo de Bustamante for a grant covering a tract of vacant land located in the Cundiyo Valley “for the purpose of settlement.” The tract was described, as being bounded: On the north, by the…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Ysidro de Medina, Manuel de Quintana, Marcial Martinez and Miguel Martinez petitioned Governor Gaspar Dominguez de Mendoza for a grant covering about three fanegas of vacant land at the place called Cundiyo. They stated that they were practically landless and had registered the premises…
by J. J. Bowden Sometime prior to 1743, and possibly in 1721, a new settlement known as the Pueblo of Quemado was formed at the upper end of the Santa Cruz Valley on the north bank of the Rio Quemado. In connection with its formation, the Pueblo of Quemado…
by J. J. Bowden Juan de Gabaldon, a resident of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin for a grant covering a tract of vacant agricultural land situated on both sides of the Tesuque River. He stated that he had been landless for some twenty-one years and direly needed…
by J. J. Bowden Fifty-five inhabitants of precinct two in Santa Fe County wrote the Commissioner of the General Land Office on April 7, 1871, stating that they were the occupants of a tract of land located in the Tesuque River Valley and situated about six miles from Santa…
