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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), New Mexico, (search)
gods which were objects of worship to the Pueblo Indians.......Jan. 18, 1894 The Postal Cable Telegraph Company enters New Mexico......June, 1894 House of Representatives passes a bill for the relief of the Ceran St. Vrain volunteers of 1847, the only surviving members of this gallant band being Nicolas Pino, of Galisteo, and Henry Cuniffe, of Mesilla......July, 1894 Public schools of New Mexico awarded prizes for their exhibits at the World's Fair, Chicago......July 15, 1894 Antonio Joseph renominated for delegate to Congress......Sept. 17, 1894 Headquarters 10th United States Infantry ordered to Fort Reno, and historic Fort Marcy abandoned......Sept. 19, 1894 New Mexico awarded first prize for wheat and second for oats in the agricultural section at the World's Fair......Sept. 23, 1894 Artesian wells developed in southeastern New Mexico......October, 1894 Peralta land-grant claim by J. Addison Reavis for 12,800,000 acres in New Mexico and Arizona declared a f
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- (search)
Upshur, Abel Parker 1790- Statesman; born in Northampton county, Va., June 17, 1790; admitted to the bar in 1810; practised in-Richmond, Va., in 1810-24; judge of the General Court of Virginia in 1829-41; Secretary of the Navy in 1841-43. In the latter year he succeeded Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. He published Brief inquiry into the true nature and character of our federal government; Review of Judge Joseph story's commentaries on the Constitution. He was killed with several others on the Potomac River, near Washington, by the explosion of a large wrought-iron gun on the United States steamer Princeton, the discharge of which he was witnessing, Feb. 28, 1844.