Forgotten Schools of Colfax County, New Mexico
Author: Bill Littrell
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 179
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Author: Bill Littrell
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 179
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kathryn A. Flynn
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0865348820
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Guide to the New Deal Legacy in New Mexico, 1933-1943
Author: F. Stanley
Publisher: Coda Publications
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780910390088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese fascinating reproductions of long out-of-print booklets present only a small portion of F. Stanley's splendid research into the 1880-1900 history of Northern New Mexico and, most specifically, it's vibrant pioneering communities. Based on contemporary published resources, and interviews with those involved, Stanley's reports were written and first published in the period of 1962 to 1972. His material is rich with the vital minutely detailed life of the midwest...as it was actually lived...warts and all.
Author: Corey Recko
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2024-07-15
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1574419412
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen New Mexico became part of the United States, the territory contained 295 land grants, the largest of these being the Maxwell Land Grant. The size and boundaries of the grant were disputed, with some believing that much of the land was public domain. Settlers on this land were fought not only by the land grant owners but also by a group of corrupt politicians and lawyers—known as the Santa Fe Ring (most notably Thomas Catron and Stephen Elkins)—who tried to use the situation for personal profit and land acquisition. The fight escalated in late 1875 with the assassination of Reverend F. J. Tolby, an outspoken critic of the Santa Fe Ring. In a confession one of the assassins stated that men connected to the ring had paid to have Tolby killed. Outrage, civil unrest, and more murders followed. The town of Cimarron alone was the scene of a lynching, a barroom gunfight in the St. James Hotel involving legendary gunman Clay Allison, and a nighttime murder of a prisoner. For a time the troubles in New Mexico were ignored by the federal government. But in 1878 the murder of John Tunstall set off a wave of violence known as the Lincoln County War. Following that, a letter came to light that appeared to show that the governor of the territory, Samuel B. Axtell, planned a mass execution of critics of the Santa Fe Ring, who he considered to be agitators in the Colfax County troubles. Finally, officials in Washington took notice and sent Frank W. Angel with orders to investigate the violence, murders, and corruption that plagued the territory. Following his investigation, Angel concluded, “It is seldom that history states more corruption, fraud, mismanagement, plots and murders, than New Mexico, has been the theatre under the administration of Governor Axtell.” The actions taken as a result of Angel’s investigation wouldn’t end the violence in New Mexico, but they did lead to the end of the Colfax County War.
Author: Ralph Emerson Twitchell
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 418
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 654
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Publisher: UNM Press
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 9780826331182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe people, geological features, and historic events that have made New Mexico what it is today are commemorated in over 350 historic markers along the state's roads. This guide is designed to fill in the gaps and answer the questions those markers provoke.
Author: Willis Thomas Lee
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Published: 1924
Total Pages: 564
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 574
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