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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…
By Rick Hendricks Beginnings The history of copper mining in southern New Mexico always brings to mind Santa Rita del Cobre and later the Chino mine. What is less well known is that another mine located some four miles north of Santa Rita actually out-produced the more famous mine…
By Rick Hendricks and Robert D. Martínez There is a certain amount of misinformation associated with the family and origins of Governor Albino Pérez that can be readily cleared up. Although his place of birth is often given as Veracruz, the record of his marriage states that he was…
It was in 1881 that the small town of Alamitos started its upward trend. During this year the railroad was built through this place, and since Alamitos was about midway between Albuquerque and Gallup the railroad company decided upon Alamitos as their coaling-station, which led to the building of…
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…
as told by Patricio Gallegos Stories of William Eckert and Juan Maria Gallegos, retold by J. P. Batchen Whenever men gathered along the old Santa Fe Trail and told of tales they had heard of New Mexico, there was repeated by someone, the legend of the old Montezuma Mine…
The Evil Eye Gold Fever in Ojo de la Casa Faithful Shep Holds the Fort Annual Roundup of the No-Cow Cattle Company Trucking in New Mexico A Spanish Engagement Pillaging the Silver City Stage Escape of "the Kid" Reconsidered El Retrace Born with Irrigation Boots On Healer and the…
By Mark Thompson* Would litigating four cases over land in New Mexico, two ending with appeals to the New Mexico Supreme Court, another two ending with appeals to the United States Supreme Court, be worth the expense of lawyers and other costs? Maybe. What if the land contained…
1873 By Bettina Raphael Olive Rush was forty-seven years old and a well-established artist when she moved to Santa Fe, NM, in 1920, making it her home and source of artistic inspiration for the next forty-five years. Most people would be slowing down their professional careers at such an…
Genealogical Socieities in New Mexico New Mexico Genealogical Society (NMGS) Website: www.nmgs.org Email: info@nmgs.org Focus: New Mexico Families and the Southwest Meets once a month in Albuquerque at the Main Library downtown Publishes a quarterly journal Has “Locating Catholic Church Records” on website. Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New…
