By Rick Hendricks Personal Information Vicente Antonio Archuleta, son of Cristóbal and Francisca Ortega, native of Socorro, dependent of this jurisdiction of El Paso, laborer by profession, widower, thirty, height 5 feet 1 inch, Roman Catholic, brown hair, ruddy complexion, brown eyes, normal lips with a scar on…
By Thomas Shumaker, PhD By 1914, when war began in Europe, New Mexico had only been a state for just two years. Despite the relative freshness of its entry into the Union, it was nevertheless open to the wider world, as it always had been. Chinese immigrants had come to…
Translated by Rick Hendricks Answered on 30 June Don Manuel Álvarez Alburquerque June 17, 1848 My dear sir and friend, I have proposed to take up a pen to inform you about what is happening in the Rio Abajo, because I know you are an impartial man, one of…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks Contestada el 30 de Junio Señor Don Manuel Albarez Alburquerque Junio 17 de 1848 Muy Señor mio y amigo Mé propuesto tomar la pluma con el fin de imforar a Usted lo que pasa por este rio abajo Porque conozco que es…
Translation by Rick Hendricks As governor and commander of the Department of New Mexico, I consulted the Most Excellent Assembly, received the ayuntamiento of Santa Fe, and convoked a meeting of the principal citizens of the Department. I explained to them all the very critical circumstances in which I…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks Como Gobernador y Comandante del Departamento de Nuevo Megico, con- sulte a la Excelentísima Asamblea; recivi al Ayuntamiento de Santa Fe; Convoque una Junta de los Principales Vecinos del Departamento, y a todos les manifesté con cuantas razones pude las circunstancias tan…
Transcription by Rick Hendricks Socorro (in the El Paso del Norte Area) 1806 list of citizens and Indians between the ages of 16 and 60 capable of bearing arms Citizens Juan Nepomuceno Núñez, lt. de justicia Lázaro Archuleta Juan Estrada Simón Guerra Francisco López Anselmo Frésquez Manuel…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks José María Vizcarra, respuesta a un oficio sobre su expedición a los Comanches, Santa Fe, 18 de octubre de 1824, MANM, r. 3, f. 934-35. Contesta oficio en que se le desaprueva la expedicion a los Comanches da los motivos para que…
Transcripción de Rick Hendricks José María Vizcarra, reporte sobre una expedición a los Comanches, Santa Fe, 10 de agosto 1824, MANM, r. 3, f. 926-27. Con fecha 2 de Julio ultimo avizo a Vuestra Señoría me pone en marcha el dia 5 del mismo en efecto…
In 2011, this nation will begin a four-year-long commemoration of the American Civil War. Few who participate in the activities of that event will pause to consider the importance of New Mexico’s central role in the coming of the war. by Dwight T. Pitcaithley Originally published in New Mexico…
