Lewis “Lew” Wallace served as Territorial Governor from 1878 to 1881. After a long career in the United States Army, he had been appointed as Governor in the fall of 1878 by President Rutherford B. Hayes. Wallace had previously earned a reputation as being an effective leader in both civil and military situations. He succeeded […]
Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico: SECTION 1. That every person who shall be convicted of the unlawful killing of a slave or other offence upon the person of a slave within this Territory, whether as principal or accessory, shall suffer the same pains and penalties as if […]
WHEREAS, A treaty between the United States of America and the Mexican republic was concluded and signed at the city of Mexico on the thirtieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three; which treaty, as amended by the senate of the United States, and being in the English and Spanish languages, is word […]
Executed at the city of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848. Ratification exchanged at Queretaro, May 30, 1848. Proclamation made July 4, 1848. 9 Stat. 922 In the Name of Almighty God: The United States of America and the united Mexican states, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the […]
September 22, 1846 That the great and essential principles of liberty and free government may be recognized and established it is hereby declared: First. That all political power is vested in and belongs to the people. Second. That the people have the right peaceably to assemble for their common good, and to apply to those […]
Born on June 21, 1929, in Valencia, New Mexico – what was then the first Republic of Mexico – Miguel Antonio Otero was one of the more fascinating New Mexicans. He rose to political prominence at a young age and was the second Hispanic Delegate to serve the New Mexico Territory in Congress but was […]
Martineztown is one of the oldest neighborhoods in Albuquerque and is unlike anywhere else in the city. A former farming community that has always been a place of land investment/speculation, the current boundaries now lie between Broadway Blvd & I-25 and Odelia & Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. At one point in time, the parameters […]
The name Alexander Doniphan isn’t well known to the average New Mexican. I don’t remember hearing it when I took New Mexico history in fifth grade, nor do I remember it during New Mexico history at University. And nobody really speaks of him today. Nevertheless, we largely owe to Colonel Doniphan the foundation of most […]
The following article is a lovely history of one of New Mexico’s first US Senators, written by our friends at: New Mexico History Blog Posted on July 16, 2019 by Texoso Albert Bacon Fall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky in 1861. He was the son of William Fall, who had served in the Confederate Army during the Civil […]