Rio Vigela, 30 miles south of Santa Fe August 22d 1846 My Dearest Wife, You will see by the date of this letter that we have at length arrived at the long sought for place, Santa Fe. On the 18th Gen. Kearny took formal possession of the capitol of…
By Rick Hendricks The following lists of presidial soldiers who served in El Paso were taken from pay records housed at the time at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In 1993 these treasury records were returned to Mexico, to be housed…
By Rick Hendricks The matter began simply enough. In early 1802, Captain Antonio García de Tejada informed Commandant General Pedro de Nava that the chaplain of San Carlos presidio, fray Luis Salgado, had denied the sacrament of the Eucharist to several young women. Father Salgado responded that the captain…
Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura was born in Gallup in 1925. He enlisted in the Army in World War II but did not see action. The Korean War proved to be a very different story. On a dark April night in 1951, Corporal Miyamura's company was holding a defensive position on…
W. B. Lane, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel The United States Service, April 1894, Vol. XI. N. S.–No. 4 I want to try to show, by this paper, how a hunter can have an interesting and exciting day without killing game, or even getting a shot—that is, if he is in…
Before well-known Battle of Glorieta Pass, Texans captured Santa Fe By Tom Sharpe The Confederates who briefly occupied Santa Fe 150 years ago this month found it an inhospitable city with Jewish merchants who refused their money, terrified nuns and a Hispanic majority neutral in the fight between Anglos….
By Robert Torrez For nearly fifty years following the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, New Mexico was forgotten. Coronado had found none of the treasures promised by the stories of Cabeza de Vaca and Fray Marcos de Niza. As the sixteenth century progressed, Spanish settlement advanced slowly but…
These New Mexican heroes are listed in alphabetical order: LT. ALEXANDER BONNYMAN, JR. U.S. Marines, World War II, Oct. 28, 1946 Bonnyman enlisted with the Marines in New Mexico and became executive officer of the 2nd Battalion Shore Party, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division. During an assault on Japanese-held…
6 28 1866 “Buffalo Soldiers” Act of Congress authorized the creation of six regiments of Black troops, two of cavalry and four of infantry. These troops went on to play a major role in the history of the West, as the "Buffalo Soldiers." In 1875-76, the 9th Cavalry Regiment…
By William H. Wroth With the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1836 Sam Houston was elected as its first president. As president, Houston unsuccessfully advocated the annexation of Texas to the United States. He also sought to avoid further conflicts with the Republic of Mexico, quelling some…
