By Rick Hendicks New Mexicans became interested in the question of an appropriate state flower years before the territory achieved statehood. In 1906 an unnamed writer for the Las Vegas Daily Optic suggested, perhaps with tongue firmly planted in cheek, that given the opportunity to vote for a state…
Adelina (Nina) Otero Warren–suffragist, educator, politician, entrepreneur, and writer– was born in 1881 in La Constancia, New Mexico, near Los Lunas. By Priscilla Solis Ybarra Adelina (Nina) Otero Warren—suffragist, educator, politician, entrepreneur, and writer– was born in 1881 in La Constancia, New Mexico, near Los Lunas. She was the…
Biography of William Henry Andrews. ANDREWS, WILLIAM HENRY: Born in Youngsville, Warren County, Pa., January 14, 1846; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits at Cincinnati, Ohio, and Meadville and Titusville, Pa., 1880‑90; was also a builder of railroads; president of the Santa Fe Central Railway Co.; chairman…
Between 1821 and the outbreak of war with the United States in 1846, no governor of New Mexico enjoyed a longer term in office than Manuel Armijo. He ruled from 1827 to 1829 and again for all but eighteen months between 1837 and the arrival of American troops in…
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…
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…
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…
7 19 1830 By Denise Holladay Damico Santiago de Jesus Valdez was born in Taos, New Mexico on July 19, 1830 and was baptized by water upon his birth "because of emergency" by the Padre's younger brother, Don Santiago Martinez. Padre Martinez concluded the baptism on July 22 of…
10 15 1822 The gentleman whose name heads this sketch, is known as one of Albuquerque's leading professional men and solid citizens. He was born in Kentucky on the 15th day of October, 1822, of distinguished ancestors, the high characteristics of which he possesses in a marked degree. On…
By Mark Thompson As the comprehensive bibliography in the Rio Grande Historical Collection of the New Mexico State University Archives shows, the 19th Century Shalam religious colony near Doña Ana is the subject of many fascinating stories. Less often told, perhaps, is the story of litigation involving the…
