One land, many hands
the land and the grant
the beginnings of the Sangre De Cristo Land Grant

 

A wedding festival

Grateful acknowledgement is accorded the following sources for the imagery presented in this exhibit:

The United States Library of Congress

The Personal Collection of Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez

 

Research sources include:

The New Mexico State Archives

SouthwestBooks.org and the Center for Land Grant Studies

The Colorado State Archives: Spanish and Mexican Land Grants

And a special thank you to everyone who helped get this off the ground:

Dr. Estevan Rael-Galvez, New Mexico State Historian

Dr. Dennis Trujillo, New Mexico Assistant State Historian

The Staff of the New Mexico State Archives

Professor Robert Fry of New Mexico Highlands University