I have chosen the tile Pasaron Por Aqui after the Spanish "paso por aqui" inscription left by Juan de Onate at El Morro National Monument. He carved his message into the side of a cliff when he visited the area in 1605. El Morro, also known as Inscription Rock, is located near Zuni in western New Mexico. Literally translated into English, "paso por aqui" means "he passed through these parts." "Pasaron por aqui" means "they passed through these parts." I have included short vignettes about fifty people who contributed to the rich history and lore of Guadalupe county. Included in Pasaron Por...

Alexander Grzelachowski: Book II is being written as a follow-up to Alexander Grzelachowski: Puerto de Luna's Renaissance Man published in June 2012. The author is Grzelachowski's great-grandson, Daniel Flores, who grew up in Puerto de Luna in his grandparents' residence. His grandmother was Leticia Grzelachowski Padilla. His grandparents lived across the street from his parents, Benny and Tina Flores. The young Flores would help his elderly grandparents with household chores. Growing up in his grandmother's household, Flores had the opportunity to hear many of her reminisces about her...

Jose Chavez y Chavez is probably one of the most interesting characters of New Mexico's wild and wooly days. He was active in both the Pecos River area of New Mexico and the Rio Grande. His haunts ranged from Lincoln to Las Vegas. He eventually wound up in the western Guadalupe county village of Milagro where he lived out his life. He was a contemporary and friends with two of New Mexico's most notorious outlaws---Billy the Kid and Vicente Silva. He was also known to Pat Garrett and Elfego Baca, two of New Mexico's most famous lawmen. He probably also met and worked with Bob Ford, who had...

Pintada, known by locals as "La Pintada," is located in the west central part of Guadalupe County, 8 miles south of I-40 and 24 miles west of Santa Rosa, on the north side of Canon de La Piedra Pintada. During its heyday it had mercantile stores, a saloon, a church, and an elementary school. At one time was a farming and ranching community. Today it remains a ranching community and has also been discovered as a home to retirees. Early maps of the area show it as "El Canon de la Piedra Pintada," literally the "Canyon of the Painted Rock." The Pintada canyon flows from an area south of Clines...

Mas Cuentos del Anton Chico is being written as a follow up to Cuentos del Anton Chico. It includes more cuentos, stories or vignettes, about the rich and colorful past of the Anton Chico area. Many of the vignettes include old articles taken from early New Mexico newspapers. At one time there were many Spanish language news papers in the Las Vegas and Santa Fe areas. The style and they used were a lot different, certainly more colorful and descriptive than the language used today. Many of the words and idiomatic experessions used have long since fallen out of use in everyday Spanish. I have...

Cuentos del Puerto de Luna relates many old cuentos, stories, and lore about the historic Guadalupe county village of Puerto de Luna. Puerto de Luna, founded in 1862, is rich in history and lore. The cuentos are presented as vignettes that each tell a story about an event or a happening in Puerto de Luna. Many are old newspaper articles that date back to the 1870s. Each helps preserve a part of the village's rich and colorful past. Some are also illustrated with period photographs. Included are sections on Defunciones and Enlasos, Deaths and Marriages. The defunciones and enlasos include many...

Murder in Guadalupe County includes the homicides of thirty-three males and seven females. Three of the victims were law enforcement officials---two Guadalupe county deputy sheriffs and one Santa Rosa town marshal. The three were all killed while carrying out their law enforcement duties. Only one of the cases included was committed by a female, a woman who killed her husband. The most famous of the murders was also the earliest one, the slaying of Juan Patron in 1884 at a Puerto de Luna saloon. Juan Patron had been a friend of Billy the Kid in Lincoln county during the days of the famous...