Dedication of the Official Historical Marker In Gallegos, New Mexico June 16, 2018 Delivered by New Mexico State Historian Rick Hendricks* Jesús María Gallegos, founder of the Gallegos Ranch (also known as Rincón Colorado), was from Montón de Los Álamos, located thirteen miles northeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico.He…
Francisco de la O to James Wiley Magoffin, Hacienda de la Rosalía, 23 March 1861, Magoffin Home, I3-14a. Translation by Rick Hendricks Hacienda de Santa Rosalía, 23 March 1861 Don Santiago Magoffin Fort Bliss My dear sir of my particular appreciation and respect, I have received…
By Rick Hendricks Keynote Address Three Trails Conference, Santa Fe, NM, 18 September 2015 I consider myself something of a Jack of All Trails. In the course of what is beginning to seem like a rather long career, I have been researching, lecturing, and writing about New Mexico history…
By Arthur (Seligman) Scott In 1849, only three years after the Army of the West occupied and claimed for the United States present-day New Mexico from Mexico, my great uncle, nineteen-year-old Sigmund Seligman immigrated from Gau-Algesheim in Germany and traveled west on the Santa Fe Trail to Santa Fe….
Las Cruces snags honor as nation's top farmers market Santa Fe garners few votes in online contest By Staci Matlock for the Santa Fe New Mexican The Las Cruces Farmers Market was voted the most popular large farmers market in the nation in an online contest sponsored by the…
By Kim Suina Peoples of the Southwest and Mexico used the Camino Real corridor for trade and as a communication network for hundreds of years before the arrival of European settlers. Indian trails encompassing the Camino Real linked the Aztec Empire and other Mesoamerican civilizations with the northern Chihuahuan…
By Kim Suina The burgeoning tourist economy and emerging Indian arts market boomed at the Camino Real paraje of Santa Fe during the 1920s. The city hosted the Santa Fe Fiesta, a major tourist event of that era. Tourists from all over the country traveled to Santa Fe to…
Wine Production in El Paso and the Grapevine Inventory of 1755 by Rick Hendricks Wine production in colonial El Paso had its roots farther north in New Mexico. Before he came to El Paso to found the mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe to serve the Manso Indians, fray García…
History of Greeks in Albuquerque, 1900–1952 By Katherine Pomonis The first Greeks started coming to Albuquerque around the late 1890s. This is their story from 1900 through 1952. This 52-year period was the era when the Greeks of Albuquerque established their community and the St. George Greek Orthodox Church. …
By Orae Dominguez Doña Maria Gertrudis Barceló, she preferred the name Madame La Tules, was well known as an expert card dealer. Her fame as the best Monte dealer spread throughout the territories. She was literate, shrewd, and an independent businesswoman who had amassed wealth and power as a…
