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Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras (1643–1704), commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas, was a Spanish Governor of the New Spain territory of Santa Fe de Nuevo México (currently covering the modern US states of New Mexico and Arizona). He was the title-holder in 1690–1695, and effective governor in 1692–1696 and ...
Over 600. The Pueblo Revolt of 1680, also known as Popé's Rebellion or Po'pay's Rebellion, was an uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, larger than present-day New Mexico. [1] Incidents of brutality and cruelty, coupled with persistent Spanish policies that ...
On the morning of January 19, 1847, the insurrectionists began the revolt in Don Fernando de Taos, present-day Taos, New Mexico and nearby Taos Pueblo. They were led by Pablo Montoya, a Hispano, and Tomás Romero, a Taos Puebloan also known as Tomasito (Little Thomas). Romero led a Native American force to the house of Governor Charles Bent ...
Jul. 31—A controversial statue of a Spanish conquistador that has been in hiding since 2020 will soon be on public display again. The life-size bronze statue of Don Diego de Vargas, whose role ...
Phaedra Haywood, The Santa Fe New Mexican. July 5, 2024 at 11:34 PM. Jul. 5—Rio Arriba County activist and organizer Antonio "Ike" DeVargas, whose lifelong penchant for prodding public officials ...
Designated NMSRCP. September 25, 1970. Martinez Hacienda, also known as Hacienda de los Martinez, is a Taos County, New Mexico hacienda built during the Spanish colonial era. It is now a living museum listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located on the bank of the Rio Pueblo de Taos.
The Taos art colony was an art colony founded in Taos, New Mexico, by artists attracted by the culture of the Taos Pueblo and northern New Mexico. The history of Hispanic craftsmanship in furniture, tin work, and other mediums also played a role in creating a multicultural tradition of art in the area. The 1898 visit by Bert Geer Phillips and ...
Various gangs in Colorado. The Colorado crime family, also known as the Smaldone crime family, the Denver crime family, the Denver Mafia or the Mountain Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pueblo and Denver, Colorado. The family originated as a bootlegging organization headed by the brothers Pete and Sam Carlino, which ...