Subdividing The Public Lands: The Apportionment And Settlement Of Northeast New Mexico,
2020
University of New Mexico
Subdividing The Public Lands: The Apportionment And Settlement Of Northeast New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
The land of northeastern New Mexico, outside of the recognized title rights of the former Mexican citizens, became the public domain of the United States by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. This immediately allowed for US control over 10,000 square miles of land within the area east of the 105° meridian and north of a line roughly defined by Interstate 40 in Quay County and the boundary between San Miguel and Guadalupe counties. Portions of the northeast which were excluded from this public domain by the action of the Court of Private Land Claims between 1891 and 1904 …
Peopling The Northeast Plains,
2020
University of New Mexico
Peopling The Northeast Plains, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
During the 1880s and the early part of the 1890s the cattle companies were continuing to hire ranch hands to prove up homesteads around water holes. At the same time the early farmers began to appear in the northeast, but not in the form of the sodbusters who were to later swarm over the highland llanos during the early part of the twentieth century. The early farmers were not labeled "nesters," which was the derogatory term coined by the stockmen for the people who turned small parcels of the grassland into fields and began erecting fences over the plains. The …
Natural Elements Of Northeastern New Mexico,
2020
University of New Mexico
Natural Elements Of Northeastern New Mexico, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
Northeastern New Mexico is one of the most diverse natural landscapes in the state. Large volcanic vents dot the basalt flows that cap the piedmont surface, providing a very rugged horizon rather than the flat monotonous topography usually associated with the Great Plains of the United States. The dissected and rolling plains are broken by severely eroded canyons that have cut through the sandstone layers topped with caliche. In some areas where the major drainages confluence (such as the intersection of the Ute and Canadian or the Conchas and the Canadian) the narrow canyons broaden into extensive valleys characterized by …
Missouri Avenue On The Caprock,
2020
University of New Mexico
Missouri Avenue On The Caprock, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
Lured by reports about grama grass that was so high it tickled the belly of a horse, the settlers poured onto the high plains of New Mexico during the first decade of the twentieth century. Boom towns began to sprout up along the sidings that the single-line railroads needed for intersecting trains and for locating maintenance crews. The towns especially blossomed if the siding was next to a highland area of prairie that appeared capable of dryland farming. The railroad companies, which were provided with large blocks of land to promote settlement, and the merchants of the new railroad towns …
Interviews With Pioneers,
2020
University of New Mexico
Interviews With Pioneers, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
There are many first-generation pioneers still living in northeastern New Mexico. Most are over eighty years of age and several are nearing the century mark. Their recall of the era of farming is remarkable and it is fascinating to record the events which are firmly locked into their minds. Many decades have passed since their families abandoned the farm and the homestead and either migrated to urban areas for employment or remained on the land by converting to a cattle economy. When probed or reminded of events through the line of questioning, most interviewees would discourse with clear details and …
Homesteading And Public Land Law,
2020
University of New Mexico
Homesteading And Public Land Law, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
It is important to the discussion of Butcher and Wyatt as homesteaders to understand the public land laws which affected their choice of land. Consequently, a review of the history of land legislation affecting the allocation and use of the public domain is in order and particularly that legislation under which Butcher and Wyatt made entry: the Homestead Act of 1862. Through this act early settlers around Tucumcari were able to acquire, at little expense, 160 acre tracts of land. In addition, the shortcomings and beneficial aspects of other acts of Congress concerning the acquisition of public domain will be …
Elements To Assist The Farmers And Promote Immigration,
2020
University of New Mexico
Elements To Assist The Farmers And Promote Immigration, Jerry L. Williams
Homestead Geography Project - Oral Histories and Publications
The purpose of this portion of the resource survey of the northeastern plains is to reconstruct the settlement phase which occurred between 1880 and 1940, the period generally referred to as the homesteading era. To reconstruct the 60 years of human settlement and resettlement required an extensive review of secondary information resources as well as a field project(?) oriented around the collection of data from primary information resources. Much of the information that was compiled was directed toward a mapping project of the northeastern plains which included the location of the places named by the settlers as well as identifying …
The Grizzly, April 9, 2020,
2020
Ursinus College
The Grizzly, April 9, 2020, Kevin Leon, Colleen Murphy, Madison Rodak, Jenni Berrios, Jake Supran
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
Faculty Adjust to the Zoom Life • Center for Writing and Speaking Goes Online • Study Abroad Programs From all Around the World get Cancelled - and it Hurts • COVID Infects Ursinus' Record Books • Lazer's Historic Start Cut Short
The Drug War Hegemony: The United States In Latin America,
2020
University of North Florida
The Drug War Hegemony: The United States In Latin America, Chris Tasker, Chau Kelly
Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS)
International relations are based upon power, the dynamics of these power relations are integral to the interaction of all states. In this regard my work has been focused on examining how the United States and a broader group of Latin American states have had the character of their relations changed by a priority on the “War on Drugs” through the early 1970s, up until the early 2000s. The scope of my study included such works as international treaties, government accounts, accounts from non-government organizations, and works of academia, which were contrasted by the actual actions which participating states took. The …
Red Hill Cemetery Project: Creating A Cultural Heritage Database,
2020
University of North Florida
Red Hill Cemetery Project: Creating A Cultural Heritage Database, Franciso Mendoz, Laura Bullard, Andrew Pemberton, David Sheffler
Showcase of Osprey Advancements in Research and Scholarship (SOARS)
This age of booming technological advancement has brought a breadth of new opportunities for understanding and documenting history, from digital mapping to database-building capabilities unrivaled in past historical efforts, opportunities which the research team behind the Red Hill Cemetery Project are utilizing in the effort to develop a virtual cemetery. The research team, in cooperation with the Okefenokee Heritage Center and the community of Waycross, seek to develop a scholarly understanding, grounded in consideration of the community and its history, of the oldest African-American cemetery in Waycross, Georgia. The physical cemetery, now overgrown and suffering from decades-long neglect and vandalism, …
That Further Shore: A Memoir Of Irish Roots And American Promise [Table Of Contents],
2020
Fordham University
That Further Shore: A Memoir Of Irish Roots And American Promise [Table Of Contents], John D. Feerick
Biography
A rare and evocative memoir of a respected constitutional scholar, dedicated public servant, political reformer, and facilitator of peace in the land of his ancestors
John D. Feerick’s life has all the elements of a modern Horatio Alger story: the poor boy who achieves success by dint of his hard work. But Feerick brought other elements to that classical American success story: his deep religious faith, his integrity, and his paramount concern for social justice. In his memoir, The Further Shore, Feerick shares his inspiring story, from its humble beginnings born to immigrant parents in the South Bronx, going …
The Grizzly, April 2, 2020,
2020
Ursinus College
The Grizzly, April 2, 2020, Kevin Leon, Kim Corona, Madison Rodak, Jen Joseph, Skylar Haas
Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present
The Canvas Commencement? • Film Festival Adapts to Online World • "The Circle Brazil" and Demystifying the Foreign • Profile: Hailey DiCicco
Front Matter,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Front Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, Spring-Summer 2020,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
The Huntsville Historical Review, Vol. 45, No. 1, Spring-Summer 2020, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Ezekiel Craft: Patrior, Farmer, Clergyman And Politician,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Ezekiel Craft: Patrior, Farmer, Clergyman And Politician, Arley Mccormick
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Huntsville's John Campbell Greenway (1872-1926),
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville's John Campbell Greenway (1872-1926), Gilbert Greenway White Iii
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Dr. Harold Fanning Drake, A Very Dedicated Doctor Of Madison County,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Dr. Harold Fanning Drake, A Very Dedicated Doctor Of Madison County, Marjorie Ann Reeves
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Early Days In Big Cove,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Early Days In Big Cove, William Sibley
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
A Very Special Basement: Huntsville's Post-Civil War Treasure,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
A Very Special Basement: Huntsville's Post-Civil War Treasure, Donna Castellano
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
Back Matter,
2020
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Back Matter, Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
Huntsville Historical Review
No abstract provided.
