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Victorio (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-mexico
75 The legislature enacts a law requiring places of business to close on Sunday......1876 Ute Indians removed from New Mexico to the Colorado reservation......April–July, 1878 Gen. Lew. Wallace, governor of New Mexico......Oct. 1, 1878 First railroad track laid within New Mexico, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, crossing Raton Pass......Nov. 30, 1878 Locomotive on the new Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Las Vegas......July 4, 1879 Apache Indians under Chief Victorio kill the herds and capture the horses of Captain Hooker's command at Ojo Calient, Socorro county, and open an Indian war which lasted several months, resulting in the death of many settlers and the destruction of much property......Sept. 3, 1879 Massacre by Apaches at McEver's ranch, rear Hillsboro, followed in a few weeks by other massacres and destruction of property at and near Mason's and Lloyd's ranches, west of Mesilla......Sept. 11, 1879 The New Mexican Christian advocate
George H. Wallace (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-mexico
ervation of the historic ruins west of the Rio Grande near Española, and Congress is appealed to to establish there a national park. The three best ruins are the Puye, Pajarito, and the old Cochiti, all of which were known to have been occupied in the sixteenth century......October, 1900 Daniel H. McMillan appointed associate justice......Dec. 18, 1900 The Rock Island road enters northeastern New Mexico and inaugurates a period of great industrial development......March, 1901 George H. Wallace, territorial secretary, dies......April 13, 1901 James Wallace Raynolds appointed secretary of the Territory......April 20, 1901 Assault upon any railroad train, with intent to commit murder or any other felony, has, under the laws of New Mexico, been punishable by death since 1897. The notorious Black Jack Ketchum executed under this act at Clayton......May, 1901 Gov. M. A. Otero, appointed by President McKinley to succeed himself, is inaugurated for a second time amid brill
Lewis Wallace (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-mexico
hools, under a board of supervisors and directors elected by each county......1871 Serious election riot at Mesilla......Sept. 2, 1871 Total indebtedness of New Mexico $74,000......November, 1871 Governor Marsh Giddings dies, and is succeeded by William G. Ritch as acting governor......Jan. 3, 1875 The legislature enacts a law requiring places of business to close on Sunday......1876 Ute Indians removed from New Mexico to the Colorado reservation......April–July, 1878 Gen. Lew. Wallace, governor of New Mexico......Oct. 1, 1878 First railroad track laid within New Mexico, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, crossing Raton Pass......Nov. 30, 1878 Locomotive on the new Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad reaches Las Vegas......July 4, 1879 Apache Indians under Chief Victorio kill the herds and capture the horses of Captain Hooker's command at Ojo Calient, Socorro county, and open an Indian war which lasted several months, resulting in the death of many sett
William Whipple (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-mexico
in New Mexico......1851 First legislative Assembly convenes at Santa Fe, and declares it the capital of the territory......June 2, 1851 Santa Fe incorporated as a city......1851 Gov. James S. Calhoun dies while on his way to the States, and John Greiner becomes acting governor......June 30, 1852 Academy of Our Lady of Light, in charge of the sisters of Loretto, organized at Santa Fe......1852 Christopher or Kit Carson appointed Indian agent in New Mexico......1853 Beall & Whipple's railroad survey, 35th-parallel route......1853 Thirty-second parallel survey for railroad by Capt. John Pope (east half) and Lieut. J. G. Park (west half)......1854 Territory acquired from Mexico under the Gadsden purchase is incorporated with the Territory of New Mexico......Aug. 4, 1854 Overland mail-coach line to Pacific coast, via Mesilla, N. M., established, making the trip from San Francisco to southwest Missouri in twelve to fourteen days......July 24, 1858 Overland tra
J. L. Workman (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-new-mexico
Sec. Benjamin M. Thomas, acting governor, swears in the Republican candidates in both precincts......December, 1890 Second Friday in March designated as Arbor Day, a territorial board of education created, and a high license bill passed by the legislature, at session......Dec. 29, 1890–Feb. 26, 1891 United States land court act passed Congress, which secured that settlement of land titles guaranteed by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo forty-three years previous......March 3, 1891 J. L. Workman and O. A. Peterson, of the American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, New York, in a search for fossils in San Juan Valley, N. M., find over 500 valuable specimens, among them a complete skull, the only one ever found, of the primitive elephant; other specimens found fill a gap in the geological calendar that is not represented elsewhere in the world......May 1, 1891 Ex-Gov. Samuel B. Axtell dies at Morristown, N. J., aged seventy-two......Aug. 6, 1891 Forest preserve in New
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