By Rick Hendricks The individual known to history as Francisco Cuervo y Valdés first appears in the historical record in the Americas in 1678 as an infantry captain in San Juan Bautista in Sonora. At that time of his life, don Francisco styled himself Cuervo de Valdés. The details…
Transcription by Rick Hendricks Proclama Alvino Perez, Coronel de la Caballeria de Ejercito Permanente, Comandante Principal, y Gefe Superior Politico de este Territorio, á las Tropas de su mando, y a sus habitantes. Compatriotas: los Susesos Ocurridos en Tejas, me impelen á diri- giros la palabra por 2ª…
Don Cristóbal de Oñate, who was New Mexico's second governor from 1608‑1610, was the son of Don Juan de Oñate and Dona Isabel Tolosa de Oñate. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Edited by: Carlotta Warfield Ina Sizer Cassidy WPA Biography Project Don Cristóbal de Oñate, who was New Mexico's…
Captain Don Luis de Rosas became the tenth governor of New Mexico in 1637. By Grace Meredith Tenth Governor of New Mexico 1637‑1641 WPA Biography Project Captain Don Luis de Rosas became the tenth governor of New Mexico in 1637. It is assumed that he traveled from Mexico City…
Biography/WPA Writers' Project of Captain Don Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos, eighth governor of New Mexico. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Eighth Governor of New Mexico 1632‑1635 Sometime during the month of March 1632, Captain Don Francisco de la Mora y Ceballos arrived in Santa Fe from Mexico…
General Don Juan Flore de Sierra y Valdes, eleventh governor of New Mexico, was appointed to office by the new viceroy, the Duque de Escalona, in Mexico City in 1641. Eleventh Governor of New Mexico 1641‑1641 WPA Biography Project General Don Juan Flore de Sierra y Valdés, eleventh governor…
The nineteenth governor of New Mexico, Captain don Diego Dionisio de Peñalosa Briceno y Berdugo, to give his full name, was born in Lima, Peru in the year 1624. By Grace Meredith Field Worker Nineteenth Governor of New Mexico 1661‑1664 WPA Biography Project The nineteenth governor of New Mexico,…
Captain Don Juan Manso de Contreras was the seventeenth governor of New Mexico. It is assumed that he came from Mexico City to Santa Fe with the caravan of the Mission Supply Service of 1656. Captain Don Juan Manso de Contreras By Grace Meredith Seventeenth Governor of New…
Captain Don Juan Francisco de Treviño was the twenty‑fourth governor of New Mexico; and it is assumed that he come north with the caravans in 1675. By Grace Meredith Twenty‑fourth Governor of New Mexico 1675‑1677 WPA Biography Project Captain Don Juan Francisco de Treviño was the twenty‑fourth governor…
Captain Don Juan Durán de Miranda served twice as governor of New Mexico. His first term was from 1664 to 1665, just about a year; and his second lasted from 1671 to 1675. Information concerning him and his activities are very meager. By Grace Meredith Twentieth and Twenty-third Governor…
