New Mexico

New Mexico Indians Wounded in Action

The following Indians Wounded in Action, are listed by Name, Tribe and Location of death. The name under the photograph is the person shown.  No additional information was provided in the book. Hiram R. Brown, Acoma Pueblo Francis J. Johnson, Acoma Pueblo Manuel R. Cata, San Juan Pueblo Regorio Calabaza, Santo Domingo Pueblo Dempsey Chapito,

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New Mexico Indian Honored War Dead

The following Honored War Dead, are listed by Name, Tribe and Location of death. The name under the photograph is the person shown.  No additional information was provided in the book. James Romero, Laguna Pueblo Alex Fragua, Jemez Pueblo, France Pablo Fragua, Jemez Pueblo Ben Quintana, Cochiti Pueblo, Philippines Anthony Mitchell, Navajo, France Osborne Sam,

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New Mexico County Courthouse Addresses

New Mexico Vital Records and Health Statistics P.O. Box 26110, 1105 St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87502 (505) 827-0121  or  (505) 827-0405 (505) 827-2316  Credit card orders Fax: (505) 984-1048 Bernalillo County Recording and Filing P.O. Box 542 Albuquerque, NM 87103-0542 (505) 768-4090 McKinley County P.O. Box 1268 Gallup, NM 87305-1268 (505) 863-6866 Catron

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New Mexico Vital Records

Vital records, as their name suggests, are connected with central life events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are available only for relatively recent periods. These records, despite their recent creation in the United States, are critically important in genealogical research,

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Biographical Sketch of Oscar Lyle McSpadden

(See Grant and Oolootsa)—Oscar Lyle McSpadden, born November 2, 1892 educated at Chelsea; married September 1920, Georgia Craig. Mr. McSpadden is engaged in stock raising for the firm of Milam & McSpadden near Magdalena New Mexico, where he has taken active part in the upbuilding of the community; he is a 32nd degree Mason and

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Treaty of June 1, 1868

The 1868 Navajo Treaty enabled roughly 8,000 Navajo individuals to return from detainment in New Mexico to a 100-square-mile reservation along the borders of Arizona and New Mexico. This treaty concluded numerous years of Navajo disputes with the Spanish, Mexicans, and U.S. forces, and initiated the consolidation of the Navajo people into a single legal entity.

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Biographical Sketch of Luther C. Challis

Perhaps Luther C. Challis, nearly forty years a citizen of Atchison, is best known as a pioneer railroad man. He was born in New Jersey January 26, 1829, and for some years before moving West was engaged in business in Philadelphia and Boonville, Missouri. In 1855 he located in Atchison and joined his brother as

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