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Montoya is an unincorporated community on the route of historic Route 66 in Quay County, New Mexico, United States. [1] It is the site of the Richardson Store , which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Joseph Manuel Montoya (September 24, 1915 – June 5, 1978) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1947–1951 and 1955–1957), in the U.S. House of Representatives (1957–1964) and as a U.S. senator from New Mexico (1964–1977).
The Richardson Store, located off I-40 in Montoya, New Mexico, is a historic Route 66 fixture. It served tourists and other travelers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] [2] The store was started by G.W. Richardson in 1908, in a wooden structure.
At some point Montoya was the mayor of Taos. In 1837 he was part of the New Mexican Río Arriba Rebellion which briefly made first José María González and then Montoya governor of New Mexico. Both González and Montoya were both Taos Pueblo Indians and led the Junta Popular, the most ethnically inclusive government in the history of New Mexico.
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.
They invaded our lives and our lands and then they left,” Tina Cordova, a cancer survivor and founder of a group of New Mexico downwinders, said of the scientists and military officials who ...
Jul. 19—In 65 years there have been two CEOs of the New Mexico Home Builders Association, the last 47 from Jack Milarch. Now there's a third. Denise Montoya was hired in June to lead the ...
The 1970 United States Senate election in New Mexico took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joseph Montoya successfully ran for re-election to a second term, defeating Republican Anderson Carter .