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Will of Governor Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha In the name of God almighty amen. Be it known by this letter that I, General Hernando de Ugarte y la Concha, citizen of this city of Mexico in New Spain, legitimate son of…
9 21 1926 Will The Real Reies López Tijerina Please Stand Up? By Lorena Oropeza While seeking letters of recommendation last year, I explained to two senior colleagues in the field of Chicana/o History that I was currently writing a history of La Alianza de Mercedes, the land-grant organization…
“Friday, Febuary 1, 1980. There was a full moon that Friday night. I watched it move across the patch of sky framed by the window near my bunk, noticing how it turned the desert surrounding the penitentiary ghost white.” “Friday, Febuary 1, 1980. There was a full moon…
Mexican Independence Day Celebrations in New Mexico 16 September 1821-1846 By Robert Torrez New Mexico was part of the Mexican Republic from 1821 to 1846. Historical documents in the Mexican Archives of New Mexico show that during this time nuevomexicanos celebrated the commemoration of Mexican independence from Spain, planning…
1826 Thomas F. Bowler By Rick Hendricks, Ph.D. Born in Virginia about 1826, Thomas F. Bowler was living in Santa Fe in mid-December 1850 when the United States Federal Census was enumerated. At the time of the census, Bowler was described as a clerk living in the same household…
9 9 1868 Mary Hunter Austin was born on September 9, 1868 in Carlinville, Illinois (the fourth of six children) to George and Susannah (Graham) Hunter. She graduated from Blackburn College in 1888. For 17 years she made a special study of Indian life in the Mojave Desert, and…
"The true beauty and significance of this collection lies not in the talent of the artists, but in the subject matter they choose to capture. DeHuff's students chose to paint symbols, figures, stories, dances, ceremonies, and designs of their heritage. These paintings capture both the cultures of the artists,…
1851 By Patricia Trujillo In a footnote in Marc Simmons, Little Lion of the Southwest: A Life of Manuel Antonio Chaves, the author writes, “It should be noted that historian Twitchell in writing of Manuel relied heavily on information supplied by Amado” (226). Indeed, Simmons credits Chaves with compiling…
10 1885 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint Born to mining engineer Alfred Kidder and his wife Kate Dalliba in Marquette, Michigan, in October 1885, Alfred Vincent Kidder was poised, at age 30, to become one of the leading figures in study of the prehistoric American Southwest. While…
4 4 1869 By Richard Flint and Shirley Cushing Flint To the modern traveler visiting New Mexico "Santa Fe style" conjures many images but early in the 20th Century, it signified a new American expression of urban architecture and design. Mary Colter was at the forefront of the mission…
