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SFCC Hires Firm to Help Move Higher Education Center Forward Santa Fe Community College has hired attorneys to try to break a stalemate with the state over construction plans for the college’s Higher Education Center. Press Release |
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02_20_12_Battle of Mesilla The opening battle in the Civil War in New Mexico goes to the Confederates. Right-click to download the file 02_21_12_Exploding Mules A suicide mission backfires. Right-click to download the file 02_22_12_Battle of Valverde A decisive victory for the Confederate forces in southern New Mexico. Right-click to download the file 02_23_12_Battle of Glorieta The Confederates won the second battle, but lost their supply train and the war. Right-click to download the file 02_24_12_Confederate Cannons Confederate troops buried cannons during their retreat from New Mexico. Where are they today? Right-click to download the file 02_17_12_Beans Beans were the biggest crop in New Mexico until the dust bowl dried them up. Right-click to download the file 02_16_12_Philmont Boy Scout Ranch Oklahoma oil baron Waite Phillips endows the Boy Scouts of America with a gift of land that keeps on giving. Right-click to download the file 02_15_12_Saint Katherine's Indian School This imposing adobe structure in Santa Fe was the first of many schools built to educate Native Americans. Right-click to download the file 02_14_12_Keep the Home Fires Burning In spite of tragedies like the Dawson mine explosion, New Mexico coal helped keep the home fires buring during World War I. Right-click to download the file 02_13_12_Prather Standoff A stubborn Otero County rancher fights eviction to make room for White Sands Missile Range, and takes on the U.S. Army. Right-click to download the file 02_06_12_Frenchy Rochas The master French carpenter who built the Loretto Chapel's Miraculous Staircase meets an untimely end in Dog Canyon. Right-click to download the file 02_07_12_Bursum Bill Senator Holm O. Bursum tries to sneak a bill through Congress to steal Pueblo lands. It backfires. Right-click to download the file 02_08_12_Trujillo vs Garley It took a court case in 1957 to give Native Americans the right to vote in New Mexico. Right-click to download the file 02_09_12_Charles Speiss The major author of New Mexico's State Constitution is largely unknown today. Right-click to download the file 02_10_12_Flying Lobos The UNM Lobo football team makes aviation history. Right-click to download the file 02_01_12_George Jordan Buffalo Soldier George Jordan receives the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in service during the Apache uprising in the 1880's. Right-click to download the file 02_03_12_Blackdom
Two former slaves from Gerorgia found an African-American communnity in southern New Mexico. Right-click to download the file 01_30_12_Mesilla Plaza Riot A scuffle between Democrats and Republicans turns deadly on Mesilla Plaza. Right-click to download the file 01_31_12_San Marcial Flood
A tragic flood washes away the town of San Marcial. Right-click to download the file 02_02_12_George McJunkin
An eccentric and educated black cowboy makes a discovery in northeast New Mexico that changes the understanding of archaeological history in America. Right-click to download the file 01_25_12_HAM A humble chimpanzee from Camaroon, Africa becomes an astronaut and a national hero. Right-click to download the file 01_23_12_The Albert Fountain Mystery Perhaps New Mexico's greatest unsolved murder. What happened to Mesilla lawyer Albert Fountain and his son Henry on their fateful journey home from Lincoln? Right-click to download the file 01_24_12_The Bridal Chamber Mine A blacksmith from Hillboro discovers the purest and richest silver deposit ever found on the planet. Right-click to download the file 01_26_12_Smokey Bear An orphaned bear cub rescued from a Capitan forest fire becomes a national icon. Right-click to download the file 01_27_12_Socorro UFO Socorro County Sheriff Lonnie Zamora finds himself in the Twilight Zone Right-click to download the file 01_16_12_Elfego Baca
Right-click to download the file 01_17_12_Camel Corps
Right-click to download the file 01_18_12_The Telegraph comes to Santa Fe The telegraph comes to Santa Fe in 1868 and changes everything. Right-click to download the file 01_19_12_Lea County Courthouse Lovington and Hobbs vie for the honor of becoming the county seat. Right-click to download the file 01_20_12_Folsom Flood Sally Rooke, heroine of the 1909 Folsom Flood Right-click to download the file 1/10/12 Governor Armijo's Retreat
Governor Manuel Armijo has historically been portrayed as a coward for not resisting the U.S. invasion of New Mexico. But was he really? Right-click to download the file 1/13/12 Fort Stanton Established shortly after New Mexico became a U.S. Tereritory, Fort Stanton has had a colorful history. Right-click to download the file 1/12/12 Taos Rebellion Suppressed American troops come to Taos to avenge Governor Bent's murder and brutally put down the rebellion. Right-click to download the file 1/11/12 Murder of Governor Bent in Taos Mexican loyalists rebel against the Americans and murder newly appointed Governor Charles Bent. Right-click to download the file 1/09/12 General Kearny 1846 Entrance into New Mexico General Kearny leads the Army of the West to Santa Fe and claims New Mexico for the United States of America. Right-click to download the file 01/06/12 Taft Signs New Mexico Statehood Bill After 64 years as a territory of the United States, New Mexico finally achieves statehood in 1912. Right-click to download the file |
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