by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Sallie Chisum Robert, who came to be known as the “First Lady of Artesia,” was 19 when she arrived from Texas at her Uncle John Chisum’s Jinglebob Land and Livestock Company ranch south of Roswell. Her ranching skills rivaled those of the cowboys she joined driving...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Maria de la Luz Beaubien was born in 1829 in Taos when New Mexico was part of Mexico, only a few years after Mexico had gained independence from Spain. By the time she married, her father owned a half interest in one of the largest Mexican land grants ever. By the...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Much of the history of Josefa Baca’s life, including details of her upbringing and marriage, remains unconfirmed and clouded by contradictory reports. However, historians do not dispute that in the late 1700s, she became the owner of the large tract of land that...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Katherine Stinson Otero was the fourth American woman to earn a pilot’s license and the first female skywriter. She overcame pioneering aviator Max Lillie’s reluctance to teach her to fly, and became the “Flying Schoolgirl,” nicknamed for her youthful looks, small...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Doña Elena Gallegos was the daughter of early seventeenth-century Hispanic colonists Antonio Gallegos and Catalina Baca. They fled New Mexico with their newborn daughter during the 1680 Pueblo Revolt. She returned as a young girl in 1693 with two brothers and an...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
As with many colorful and charismatic historical characters, history and legend have entwined with Sadie Orchard, producing widely varying accounts of her life and lifestyle. While conflicting information and interpretations of her life can complicate her biography,...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
Monica and Carlota Fuentes were sisters who married the Gallegos brothers, Francisco and Emeterio, on the same day, November 27, 1872. The two brothers recruited and led a group of settlers to a place then called Rincon, Colorado, that later became known as Gallegos,...
by MyProject ByFranziska | Feb 11, 2023
María Gertrudis Barceló, known as “Doña Tules,” was one of the most infamous women in New Mexico history. Her opulent gambling house and saloon on Burro Alley in the heart of Santa Fe was known far and wide, as were her skills as a gambler. Born in the Bavispe Valley...
