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Agua Prieta Grant

by J. J. Bowden Juan, Rafael, and Ignacio Elias y Gonzales appeared before the Treasurer General of Sonora, Jose Maria Mendoza, on July 21, 1831, and filed an application to purchase the public lands located at the places and springs known as Santa Barbara, Naidenibacachi, Agua Prieta, and Coabuyona….

San Bernardino Grant

by J. J. Bowden Ignacio Perez petitioned the Governor of Sonora and Sinaloa, Antonio Cordero, on December 16, 1820, and denounced a four sitio tract of public land located at the depopulated town of San Bernardino for cattle breeding purposes. He stated that he needed the land as a…

San Rafael del Valle Grant

by J. J. Bowden Rafael Elias petitioned the Treasurer General of the State of Sonora, Nicolas Maria Gaxiola, on March 12, 1827 denouncing a tract of public land adjacent to the Rancho de San Pedro for ranching purposes. On July 1, 1827 Gaxiola ordered the Alcalde of Santa Cruz,…

San Pedro Grant

by J. J. Bowden Juan, Rafael, and Ignacio Elias y Gonzales appeared before the Treasurer General of Sonora, Jose Maria Mendoza, on July 21, 1831, and filed an application to purchase the public lands located at the places and springs known as Santa Barbara, Naidenibacachi, Agua Prieta, and Coabuyona….

Tres Alamos Grant

by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Crespo, a resident of Guaymas, petitioned the Governor of the State of Sonora, on September 10, 1852, and asked for a grant covering ten square leagues of vacant agricultural and pasture land at the place known as Tres Alamos, for the purpose of…

Lafayette Head in New Mexico

By Mark Thompson New Mexicans who use U.S. 285, Colorado 17 and U.S. 24 to get to the Vail Valley of Colorado, or maybe just use La Veta Pass as an alternative to Raton Pass when heading to Denver, know instinctively from the place names that the area commonly…

Tom Udall

UDALL, Thomas, (son of Stewart Lee Udall; nephew of Morris K. Udall; cousin of Mark Udall; cousin of Gordon H. Smith), a Representative and a Senator from New Mexico; born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., May 18, 1948; graduated from Prescott College, Prescott, Ariz., 1970; Bachelor of Law, Cambridge…

Heather Wilson

WILSON, Heather, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Keene, Cheshire County, N.H., December 30, 1960; graduated from Keene High School, Keene, N.H.; B.S. United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1982; Rhodes Scholar, M.Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1984; D.Phil., Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1985; United States…

Fort McRae

by Matthew A. Sterner Fort McRae served an important function as a frontier military outpost during the period of Indian unrest in the New Mexico Territory. From its inception in 1863, Fort McRae served as an important outpost in quelling unrest in the region. Placed along a strategic corridor…