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Facundo Melgares And The Northern Frontier Of New Spain, Thomas M. Bolkan May 1966

Facundo Melgares And The Northern Frontier Of New Spain, Thomas M. Bolkan

History ETDs

This thesis deals with the military career and New Mexico governorship of Facundo Malgares. His career, from approximately 1800 to 1822, after Mexico had become independent of Spain, illustrated the operation of Spanish institutions during the last days of Spanish rule in the northern interior province of Mexico. Of special importance were problems associated with Spanish-Italian and Anglo-Spanish relations when the Indian was still powerful and the United States was beginning its westward expansion. Spanish land policy in New Mexico and its continued effect on individual holdings after United States possession was and continues to be important in New Mexico. …


Climbing A Rainbow: A Family Journey Of Discovery, Calvin Horn Jan 1966

Climbing A Rainbow: A Family Journey Of Discovery, Calvin Horn

UNM Historical Documents

A regent at the University of New Mexico, Calvin Horn, describes a summer his family spent in the Pecos Wilderness, a nature preserve in Rociada, New Mexico. It speaks about his personal journey of discovery and the ways his family grew through their experiences.