In the last issue I mentioned that Walter Marmon as well as George Pradt came to New Mexico to survey with Darling without…
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The Cruzate Grants
Considering that the Spanish colonizers had more than three centuries to do it, one would assume that the twenty Indian pueblos of New…
Crescit Eundo
Crescit eundo, it grows at it goes, has been the motto of New Mexico since 1851 when the territorial seal was first designated….
Who Invented the Compass?
Crediting an invention to any particular individual has its pitfalls. Most, if not all inventions are based to some extent on work already…
Land Claims Act of 2001
Ninety-seven years after the Court of Private Land Claims (CPLC) completed its work to settle Spanish and Mexican land grants the issue is…
Centesimus
Mark Twain once said: "A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval." To this end I believe that every now and then…
Perhaps the Most Incorrect of Any Land Line
In the April 2006 issue of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly appeared an article by Ralph H. Brock entitled Perhaps the Most Incorrect of…
New Mexicos International Border
New Mexicos 179.47 miles of international boundary are the result of the Gadsden Treaty of 1853. The line was originally surveyed in 1855…