by J. J. Bowden The heirs of Antonio Ortiz petitioned[1] Surveyor General T. Rush Spencer on April 13, 1872, seeking the confirmation of the Lo de Basquez Grant which had been in the possession of their family since the “first rememberence [sic] of the oldest inhabitants of New Mexico.” They described the grant, as covering a tract of land bounded: On the north, by the La Bajado; on the east, by Los Alamitos; on the south, by the Una del Gato; and on the west, by the lands belonging to the Pueblo of Santo Domingo. Although the petitioners were unable … Continue reading Lo de Basquez Grant