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Author | : Sherry Robinson |
Publisher | : University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0826363059 |
Veteran journalist and author Sherry Robinson presents readers with the first full biography of New Mexico's first territorial governor, James Silas Calhoun. Robinson explores Calhoun's early life in Georgia and his military service in the Mexican War and how they led him west. Through exhaustive research Robinson shares Calhoun's story of arriving in New Mexico in 1849--a turbulent time in the region--to serve as its first Indian agent. Inhabitants were struggling to determine where their allegiances lay; they had historic and cultural ties with Mexico, but the United States offered an abundance of possibilities. An accomplished attorney, judge, legislator, and businessman and an experienced speaker and negotiator who spoke Spanish, Calhoun was uniquely qualified to serve as the first territorial governor only eighteen months into his service. While his time on the New Mexico political scene was brief, he served with passion, intelligence, and goodwill, making him one of the most intriguing political figures in the history of New Mexico.
Author | : Richard Melzer |
Publisher | : Sunstone Press |
Total Pages | : 477 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
ISBN | : 0865345317 |
Melzer offers an impressive new book about famous New Mexico gravesites, usually the only monuments left to honor the human treasures who helped shape state, national, and often international history.
Author | : Phillip B. Gonzales |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 1078 |
Release | : 2016-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0803284659 |
Chapter 15. Realized Political Parties, 1869-1871 -- Conclusions -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Author | : Mary J. Straw Cook |
Publisher | : University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2021-03-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0826343147 |
Cook takes a new look at this notorious woman of 1840s Santa Fe.
Author | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 1393 |
Release | : 2011-09-19 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1851096035 |
This encyclopedia provides a broad, in-depth, and multidisciplinary look at the causes and effects of warfare between whites and Native Americans, encompassing nearly three centuries of history. The Battle of the Wabash: the U.S. Army's single worst defeat at the hands of Native American forces. The Battle of Wounded Knee: an unfortunate, unplanned event that resulted in the deaths of more than 150 Lakota Sioux men, women, and children. These and other engagements between white settlers and Native Americans were events of profound historical significance, resulting in social, political, and cultural changes for both ethnic populations, the lasting effects of which are clearly seen today. The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History provides comprehensive coverage of almost 300 years of North American Indian Wars. Beginning with the first Indian-settler conflicts that arose in the early 1600s, this three-volume work covers all noteworthy battles between whites and Native Americans through the Battle of Wounded Knee in December 1890. The book provides detailed biographies of military, social, religious, and political leaders and covers the social and cultural aspects of the Indian wars. Also supplied are essays on every major tribe, as well as all significant battles, skirmishes, and treaties.
Author | : Ray John de Aragon |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2022-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1467150541 |
Pull on the uncanny threads from the legendary tapestry of New Mexico's Native American heritage. Ancient Indian history and present Native American cultures are woven together in the Land of Enchantment. The threads of these tales stretch back to Mimbres burial grounds and prehistoric trade routes. Stories and traditions tie the land to its people, in spite of the cycles of slaughter and theft that have threatened to pluck them apart. Descend into the kivas of Chaco Canyon or seek out the high mountains where the clouds mark the stones. From legends of the Salt Woman to the legacy of the Ghost Dance, Ray John de Aragon examines the mysteries of the mesas.
Author | : Doug Hocking |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2019-09-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1493041800 |
*Winner of the 2020 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western Nonfiction* In the 1840s and 50s, the Jicarilla Apache were the terror of the Santa Fe Trail and the Rio Arriba. They repeatedly clashed with the cavalry and raided wagon trains, and there was bad blood between the band and the Army after the Battle of San Pasqual, when they were on opposite sides during the Mexican American War. In 1854, as traffic was on the increase along the historic trade route, the Jicarilla soundly defeated the 1st United States Dragoons in the Battle of Cieneguilla. Cieneguilla was the worst defeat of the US Army in the West up to that time, and it was just one of the first major battles between the US Army and Apache forces during the Ute Wars. According to one version of events, the 60 dragoons, under the direction of a Lt. Davidson, had engaged in an unauthorized attack on theJicarilla while they were out on patrol. Others claimed that the Jicarilla either ambushed the Army or taunted them into attack. Kit Carson, who was agent for the Jicarilla, would defend Davidson’s actions—and after this fight, he served as a scout against the Jicarilla. Much like the Sioux defeat of Custer at Little Big Horn, the Jicarilla’s victory over the Army led to retribution and disaster. The Jicarilla were defeated and faded from memory before the Civil War. These are the events that brought them to ruin.
Author | : Zella Armstrong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Southern States |
ISBN | : |
Vol. 5 by J.P.C. French and Z. Armstrong, v. 6 by J.P.C. French.
Author | : Michigan. Adjutant-General's Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 942 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : Michigan |
ISBN | : |
Describes the operations of the Michigan militia including rosters of officers and lists of the casualties particularly for the Civil War period.
Author | : Betty Jane McEnelly Lawless |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
John Lawless emigrated from Ireland to Union County, Illinois, and served in the Union forces during the Civil War. Descendants lived in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, California and elsewhere.