Canon del Rio Colorado
by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Laforte presented In support of his claim, Laforte filed the testimonio of certain proceedings…
Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
San Cristobal Grant
by J. J. Bowden In response to a request made by Severino Martinez for a grant covering a tract of agricultural land on the San Cristobal River, Governor Alberto Maynes, on August 4, 1815, notified the Alcalde of Taos, Pablo Lucero, that he had granted Martinez’s request and directed…
Canada de Los Mestanos
by J. J. Bowden Juan Gallegos and ten associates appeared before Vicente Trujillo, Alcalde of Taos, requesting a grant covering a tract of lend located in the Canada de los Mestanos. In response to their oral petition, Alcalde Trujillo granted the tract to the eleven applicants on December 11,…
Cebolla Grant
by J. J. Bowden Carlos Santistevan, acting for himself and on behalf of five associates, appealed to Governor Manuel Armijo on December 31, 1845, soliciting a grant covering a tract of vacant agricultural land located at the place called Cebolla, which was situated between the Town of San Antonio…
Antonio Martinez Grant
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Martinez appeared before Governor Felix Martinez and advised him that he wished to emigrate from Sonora with his family and property and, having no place to settle, wished to register the tract of vacant land located in the Taos Valley which had formerly belonged…
Antoine Leroux Grant
by J. J. Bowden Pedro Vigil de Santillan, for himself and on behalf of his nephews, Juan Bautista and Cristoval Vigil, petitioned Governor Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering a tract of vacant land adjacent to the Pueblo of Taos, and described as being bounded: On the north,…
The Arroyo Hondo Grant
by J. J. Bowden Pursuant to the Proclamation of February 28, 1813 which provided any citizen in want of farming land could settle upon the public domain, Nerio Sisneros and “various associates”, petitioned the Senior Alcalde of Taos, Jose Miguel Tafoya on March 27, 1815, asking for a tract…
Fernando de Taos Grant
by J. J. Bowden Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdez issued an Order on August 25, 1794 which prohibited Spaniards, mulattoes, and Negroes from settling in the pueblos and Indian towns on the theory that the association was bad for the Indians. However, by the middle of the eighteenth century,…
Pueblo of Taos Grant
by J. J. Bowden The Pueblo of Taos with its twin five‑storied Tewa communal dwellings has been well known to Europeans since 1540 when Hernando de Alvarado, a captain in Coronado’s Army, first explored the Rio Arriba or upper river area. The Tewa name for the pueblo was Towik…
Jose Dominguez Grant
by J. J. Bowden Santiago Valdez petitionedSurveyor General Henry M. Atkinson on January 14, 1880 stating that the papers evidencing a grant to Jose Dominguez had been in his possession a number of years and, while he diligently had searched for the heirs of Jose Dominguez, he had been…
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