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Respuesta de José María Vizcarra a un oficio sobre su expedición a los Comanches

Transcripción de Rick Hendricks   José María Vizcarra, respuesta a un oficio sobre su expedición a los Comanches, Santa Fe, 18 de octubre de 1824, MANM, r. 3, f. 934-35.   Contesta oficio en que se le desaprueva la expedicion a los Comanches da los motivos para que…

Donna de Mala Vita

By David Snow As the result of an unidentified illness, María de Jesús Trujillo, 43 years old, died at her home in Albuquerque's Los Poblanos in mid June of 1855 (AASF, 1854-59, roll 34, frame 33).  The inventory of her estate was filed October 10 by administrator José Manuel…

Jack of All Trails

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…

New Mexico’s San Miguel del Vado Grant

San Miguel del Vado Grant by J. J. Bowden Lorenzo Marquez, for himself and fifty-one associates, petitioned the Governor of New Mexico, Fernando Chacon, for a grant covering the lands located on both sides of the Pecos River at the ford known as El Vado. The petitioners acknowledged that…

Overview of Land Grants in New Mexico

The United States government began its occupation of New Mexico in 1846.  The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo established New Mexico as part of the United States in 1848. The United States government began its occupation of New Mexico in 1846.  The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo established New Mexico as part…