In the spring of 1883 Apache raiders massacred Judge McComas and his wife and kidnapped their six-year-old son, Charley on a desolate road in southwestern New Mexico Territory, all victims of revenge sought by the Apaches for Gen. George Crook's campaign. Marc Simmons brings to light one of the last massacres of the Indian wars.
In the spring of 1883 Apache raiders massacred Judge McComas and his wife and kidnapped their six-year-old son, Charley on a desolate road in southwes...
Author, photographer, historian, archeologist, and preservationist Charles Fletcher Lummis stood tall in the affections of American Southwesterners at the turn of the 20th century. This work acquaints readers with a remarkable recorder of history.
Author, photographer, historian, archeologist, and preservationist Charles Fletcher Lummis stood tall in the affections of American Southwesterners at...
Kit Carson (1809-1868) has long held a prominent place in the popular imagination of the American West. However, little is known about his family life thanks largely to Carson's own guardianship of his privacy. After almost four decades devoted to researching Kit Carson's personal life, Marc Simmons provides information here to further our understanding of Carson.Viewing Kit Carson's career as a husband and father sheds new light on the life choices he made. The changing economy of the 1840s made it increasingly difficult for a trapper and scout to support a growing family. Carson's years as...
Kit Carson (1809-1868) has long held a prominent place in the popular imagination of the American West. However, little is known about his family life...
The resource guide includes lesson plans keyed to the state's instructional standards for social studies, student activities and exercises, as well as tests and answer keys.
The resource guide includes lesson plans keyed to the state's instructional standards for social studies, student activities and exercises, as well as...
Studies of seventeenth-century New Mexico have largely overlooked the soldiers and frontier settlers who formed the backbone of the colony and laid the foundations of European society in a distant outpost of Spain's North American empire. This book, the final volume in the Coronado Historical Series, recognizes the career of Juan Dominguez de Mendoza, a soldier-colonist who was as instrumental as any governor or friar in shaping Hispano-Indian society in New Mexico. Dominguez de Mendoza served in New Mexico from age thirteen to fifty-eight as a stalwart defender of Spain's interests during...
Studies of seventeenth-century New Mexico have largely overlooked the soldiers and frontier settlers who formed the backbone of the colony and laid...
When Nasario Garcia was a boy in Ojo del Padre, a village in the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, he grew up the way rural New Mexicans had for generations. His parents built their own adobe house, raised their own food, hauled their water from the river, and brought up their children to respect the old ways. In this account of his boyhood Garcia writes unforgettably about his family s village life, telling story after story, all of them true, and fascinating everyone interested in New Mexico history and culture.
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When Nasario Garcia was a boy in Ojo del Padre, a village in the Rio Puerco Valley northwest of Albuquerque, he grew up the way rural New Mexicans ...
Travelers and traders taking the Santa Fe Trail's routes from Missouri to New Mexico wrote vivid eyewitness accounts of the diverse and abundant wildlife encountered as they crossed arid plains, high desert, and rugged mountains. Most astonishing to these observers were the incredible numbers of animals, many they had not seen before--buffalo, antelope (pronghorn), prairie dogs, roadrunners, mustangs, grizzlies, and others. They also wrote about the domesticated animals they brought with them, including oxen, mules, horses, and dogs. Their letters, diaries, and memoirs open a window onto...
Travelers and traders taking the Santa Fe Trail's routes from Missouri to New Mexico wrote vivid eyewitness accounts of the diverse and abundant ...
This book covers one of the major overland trails in the U S. You will be able to rely on this book for information about the Santa Fe Trail with many maps, sidebars, and side trips to interesting locales.
This book covers one of the major overland trails in the U S. You will be able to rely on this book for information about the Santa Fe Trail with many...
