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Albino Pérez was a native of Veracruz, Mexico. [2] Pérez was a distinguished army colonel from central Mexico. He was appointed Governor of New Mexico by President Antonio López de Santa Anna in 1835, under the new centralized form of government. [1] He succeeded Francisco Sarracino as civilian governor and Captain Blas de Hinojos as ...
The Río Arriba Rebellion, also known as the Chimayó Rebellion, was an 1837 Pueblo-Hispano popular revolt in New Mexico which succeeded in briefly placing José María González and Pablo Montoya as governor of Mexico's Santa Fe de Nuevo México territory.
New Mexico Campaign 60+ [6] United States of America vs Mexico Red River Canyon Affair: May 26–27, 1847 Red River Canyon: Mexican–American War / Taos Revolt New Mexico Campaign 25 United States of America vs Mexico, Pueblo, [7] Apache, Kiowa, & Comanche: Las Vegas Affair July 6, 1847 Las Vegas: Mexican–American War / Taos Revolt New ...
The Mora Land Grant was a 827,621 acres (3,349.26 km 2) (1,293 square miles) [1] Mexican land grant mostly in Mora County, New Mexico.The grant land extended from the Great Plains west of the town of Wagon Mound for about 40 miles (64 km) west to the crest of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with elevations ranging from about 6,500 ft (2,000 m) on the eastern border to 12,835 ft (3,912 m) at ...
José María Angél González was the governor of the independent Junta Popular during New Mexico’s Río Arriba Rebellion in 1837. González, sometimes spelled Gonzáles, was a Taos Pueblo Indian who led the Junta Popular or Cantón, which was the most ethnically inclusive government in the history of New Mexico. González was quickly ...
The area that was later to be occupied by the village of Santa Cruz de la Cañada is located 25 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and a half-mile east of Española, New Mexico, at 5,655 feet AMSL, and UTM NAD 83, Z-13S, 404927E, 3983643N in the valley of the Santa Cruz River half-mile from its confluence with the Rio Grande.
The month wraps up with a new moon in Pisces on Feb. 27, which is equivalent to a clean slate and brand-new chapter — make a wish. Trust your instincts and let your passions guide you ...
The settlement, of Hispanos from elsewhere in New Mexico and local Puebloans, was well established by 1843, when there was a raid on the town by freebooters from the Republic of Texas under Colonel Charles A. Warfield, [5] claiming that the people in Mora had purchased stolen Texan cattle from the Comanche.