G.E. Nordell's
Historical Figures of New Mexico
A Few Books on the Subject
http://www.amazon.com/Outlaws-New-Mexico-Peter-Hertzog/dp/0865340390/
http://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Tales-New-Mexico-Rustlers/dp/0762743204/
http://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Tales-New-Mexico-2nd/dp/0762772611/
http://www.amazon.com/Mexico-Treasure-Tales-W-C-Jameson/dp/087004429X/
http://www.amazon.com/Long-John-Dunn-Taos-Outlaw/dp/0940666162/
http://www.amazon.com/Duels-Gunfights-Shoot-outs-Tales-Enchantment/dp/1890689637/
 | "Memoirs: Episodes In New Mexico History, 1892-1969" [1969] by William A. Keleher, New Foreword by Marc Simmons, Preface by Michael L. Keleher Journalist & historian Keleher [1886-1972] relates personal anecdotes and little-known episodes involving such men as Elfego Baca, Sen. Dennis Chavez, Sen. Bronson Cutting, Franz Huning, author Eugene Manlove Rhodes, and Gov. Clyde Tingley Kindle Edition from Sunstone Press [2008 edition] for $17.59 Sunstone Press 9x6 facsimile edition pb [6/2008] for $30.00 |
 | "Desert Desperadoes: The Banditti of Southwestern New Mexico" [2006] by Bob Alexander Recounts the histories of outlaws Billy The Kid, Johnny Ringo, 'Bronco Bill' Walters, 'Curly Bill' Brocius, Kit Joy, 'Three-Fingered Jack' Dunlap, Pony Diehl, 'Black Jack' Christian, 'Six-Shooter Smith', 'King of The Rustlers' John Kinney, and lawmen Pat Garrett, 'Dangerous Dan' Tucker, Harvey Whitehill, Albert Jennings Fountain, the Texas Rangers, and the Earps of nearby Tombstone Gila Books 8¾x6 pb [9/2006] for $21.95 Gila Books 9&fracx6¼ hardcover [9/2006] out of print/used |
 | "Literary Pilgrims: The Santa Fe and Taos Writers' Colonies, 1917-1950" [2007] by Lynn Cline includes both well- and lesser-known literary figures of New Mexico: Mary Austin, Witter Bynner, Willa Cather, Fray Angélico Chávez, Erna & Harvey Fergusson, Alice Corbin Henderson, Paul Horgan, Spud Johnson, Oliver La Farge, D.H. Lawrence, Haniel Long, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Raymond Otis, Lynn Riggs & Frank Waters Univ New Mexico Press 9x6 pb [3/2007] for $19.95 |
 | "New Mexico Heroines of The Twentieth Century: Role Models For Today" [2022] by Ron Hamm, PhD compelling stories of historical notables including Katherine Acoya Augustine of Laguna Pueblo, Mary Austin, Willa Cather, the Harvey Girls, Ida Jackson, painter Agnes Martin, potter Maria Martinez of San Ildefonso Pueblo, Frances Nunnery, artist Georgia O'Keeffe, activist Olive Rush, folk singer Jenny Vincent, Clara Belle Williams Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [2/2022] for $22.95 Sunstone Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2022] for $34.95 |
New Mexico Artists Page
historic Taos [NM] Art Colony [est. 1898]
![New Mexico Film + TV Hall of Fame [est. 2017] in Santa Fe, New Mexico](images/NMfilmTVhalloffame.jpg "New Mexico Film + TV Hall of Fame [est. 2017] in Santa Fe, New Mexico")
rodeo manager Paul 'Casper' Baca [1963-2019] was born and raised in Grants, NM
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Baca Rodeo Series [est. 1976, 2022 series = #43] is based in Grants, NM 
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real-life lawman Elfego Baca [1865-1945] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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anthropologist Adolph Bandelier [1840-1914] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Bandelier National Monument [est. 1916] in north central New Mexico
N.P.S. official website •
entry at Wikipedia
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Doña Maria Gertrudes Barcelo [1804-1852] aka Doña Tules
 | "The Wind Leaves No Shadow" [1951] by Ruth Laughlin Doña Tules Barcel rose from hopeless poverty to a role as the notorious gambling queen of Santa Fe, capitol of Mexico's distant province of Nuevo Mexico, and the governor's mistress, and a power in both business and politics. Caxton Press 8¼x5½ pb [6/78] for $11.66 |
 | "Doña Tules: Santa Fe's Courtesan & Gambler" [2007] by Mary Jane Straw Cook biography of the colorful, independent, wealthy & influential Doña Maria Gertrudes Barcelo [1804-1852] of Santa Fe, New Mexico Univ NM Press 6x9 hardcover [10/2007] for $17.12 |
outlaw Billy the Kid [1860-81] Pages
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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painter Dorothy Brett [1883-1977]
lived in Taos, New Mexico for over 50 years
entry at Wikipedia
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author Myron Brinig [1896-1991]
Lived in Taos, NM in 1933-34 and 1939-55; he wrote 22 popular but largely-forgotten novels.
Myron Brinig Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
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outlaw 'Bronco Sue' [1844-??]
Susan Warfield Rapier Stone Yonkers Dawson was born in Wales in 1844, and committed rustling, serial marriage, and worse crimes
in Nevada, Colorado, and New Mexico before disappearing in 1886.
bio page at the Bronco Sue Hat Company in Texas
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fictional athlete Bronc Burnett of Sonora, New Mexico
Central character in a series of 27 football, baseball, and scouting novels for adolescent boys
written between 1948 and 1967 by Wilfred McCormick [1903-83].
browse books •
entry at Wikipedia
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long-missing teenager Tara Leigh Calico [1969-1988] of Rio Communities 
missing since regular mid-day bike ride along Highway 47 on 20 September 1988; in 2019, local F.B.I. offered a reward
of up to $20,000 leading to her whereabouts; in June 2023, V.C.S.D. press conference released latest info, including new F.B.I. webpage.
'disappearance of Tara Calico' entry at Wikipedia
 | "Vanished: The Tara Calico Story" [in development since 2010?] documentary by fellow student of missing teenager Tara Calico, with emphasis on local law enforcement; NOTE: DVD cover photo is officially NOT of Tara • Produced, co-written & directed by Melinda Esquibel; co-written by Mikki del Monico; featuring Tara Calico {still photos}, V.C.S.D. Sheriff Lawrence Romero Sr., Billy Payne, Michele Doel, Patty Doel, John Doel, former V.C.S.D. Captain Ray Flores, Donald Donges, V.C.S.D. Sheriff Rene Rivera, Baron Freeman, Debbie Freeman, filmmaker Melinda Esquibel full credits at IMDb • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available |
series credits at IMDb • not listed at Wikipedia
Season 1 Episode 5 "Will Tara Calico Ever Be Found" [July 2019]
12-minute color episode; episode credits at IMDb • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
Amazon Instant Video [2020] - available on Discovery+, other pricing details not shown
"Cold Case Detective" podcast series [2020]
podcast credits at IMDb • not listed at Wikipedia
Season 2 Episode 1 "The Disappearance of Tara Calico: Two Strangers and A Polaroid" [Dec 2020]
34-minute color episode; episode credits at IMDb • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available
Amazon Instant Video [2020] episode HD rental 99¢, Season 2 HD purchase $5.99
"The Tara Calico Investigation" podcast [35 episodes 2017-2022]
hosted by filmmaker Melinda Esquibel
podcast moved to for-fee Patreon platform in May 2022
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scout Christopher 'Kit' Carson [1809-68] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Kit Carson Home & Museum [built circa 1825] in Taos, New Mexico
Kit Carson Museum [est. 1950] at Rayado, New Mexico
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priest, poet & historian Fray Angélico Chávez [1910-1996] of Santa Fe, NM
Wikipedia •
collection of papers at NM History Museum
 | "Fray Angélico Chavez: A Bibliography of Published Works, 1925-2010 and A Chronology of His Life, 1910-1996" [2010] Written, edited & compiled by Phyllis S. Morgan of Albuquerque Rio Grande Books 9x6 pb [3/2010] for $14.94 |
Pueblo Indian rebel Don Esteban Clemente [hanged 1670]
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Ovida 'Cricket' Coogler [1931-49] of Las Cruces, New Mexico
 | "The Silence of Cricket Coogler: A Political Murder" [indep video release 2000] A teenage Las Cruces, New Mexico waitress disappeared and her body was found 17 days later; she was last seen in a state automobile, and the subsequent grand jury investigation exposed a police cover-up and Mafia interests seeking control of illegal gambling in the state • Co-produced & directed by Charlie Cullin; narrated by John Ehrlichman; featuring Donna Robinson {as Cricket}, Tony Hillerman, Walt Finley & Jerry Nuzum • full credits at IMDb Victory Multimedia color DVD [6/2007] out of prodn/used |
 | "Cricket In The Web: The 1949 Unsolved Murder That Unraveled Politics In New Mexico" [2009] by Paula Moore
Univ NM Press 9x6 pb [3/2009] for $12.89 Univ NM Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2009] for $24.95 |
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado y Luján [1510-54]
the Spanish conquistador who explored Arizona, New Mexico, and Kansas in 1540-42
 | "The Coronado Expedition To Tierra Nueva: The 1540-1542 Route Across The Southwest" [1997] Edited by Richard Flint & Shirley Cushing Flint
Univ Press of Colorado 9x6 pb [4/2004] for $29.95 |
 | The Coronado Expedition: From The Distance of 460 Years" [2003] by Richard Flint & Shirley Cushing Flint Univ NM Press 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $40.00 Univ NM Press 9x6 hardcover [3/2003] for $45.00 |
 | "Documents of The Coronado Expedition, 1539-1542 (English & Spanish Edition)" [2005] Edited by Richard Flint & Shirley Cushing Flint The first annotated, dual-language edition of 34 original documents from the Coronado expedition, including seven never before published and seven others never before available in English. Univ NM Press 11x8½ pb [4/2012] for $65.00 S.M.U. Press 11¼x9 hardcover [3/2005] out of print/used |
Charles W. Daniels
Justice 2007-2018 on the Supreme Court of New Mexico [est. 1841]
appointed 10/2007; served twice as Chief Justice; announced retirement 12/2018
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gambler Lottie Deno {among many names} [1844-1934]
Carlotta J. Thompkins was born in Kentucky; her father was a wealthy horsebreeder and gambler, who took his daughter on trips and taught her how to gamble; during the Civil War, Lottie worked along the Mississippi River. She arrived in San Antonio, Texas in 1865 and paired up with fellow gambler Frank Thurmond; they worked around Texas during the frontier's bison hide boom, including Fort Griffin, where she took on the name 'Lottie Deno' (short for 'dinero') and associated with 'Doc' Holliday [1851-87] and the Earps. Lottie & Frank settled in southwest New Mexico Territory in 1877; they married in 1880, moved to Deming, New Mexico in 1882, gave up gambling, and became prominent citizens.
Lottie's entry at Wikipedia
 | "The Story of Lottie Deno: Her Life And Times - The Mysterious Aristocrat Who Became A Lady Gambler and Female Daredevil" [1959] by J. Marvin Hunter
Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $11.87 Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $31.96 The 4 Hunters 9x6¼ hardcover [1959] out of print/used |
 | "Lottie Deno: Gambling Queen of Hearts" [1994] by Cynthia Rose includes contemporary accounts and rare period photographs Clear Light Publng 8½x5½ pb [2/94] for $8.00 Clear Light Publng 8¾x5¾ hardcover [2/94] for $17.99 |
 | "Pistols, Petticoats & Poker: The Real Lottie Deno, No Lies or Alibis" [2009] by Jan Devereaux, Introduction by Robert G. McCubbin High-Lonesome Books 9x6 hardcover [2/2009] out of print/used publisher's bookpage |
Diego de Vargas Zapata y Luján Ponce de León y Contreras [1643-1704]
commonly known as Don Diego de Vargas; appointed Governor of Nuevo Mexico in 1690; led the Reconquista in 1692 (reclaiming territory usurped by the Pueblo Revolt
in 1680); 'La Entrada' is reenacted each year as part of the Fiesta de Santa Fe [est. 1712], but the event was protested by offended Native American groups in 2016.
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Pietro Vichi 'Pete' Domenici [1932-2017]
U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1973-2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Domenici
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railroad tycoon brothers Charles Eddy & John Eddy
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physicist Richard P. Feynman [1918-88] Page
at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
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Col. Albert Jennings Fountain [1838-96]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Jennings_Fountain
"The Life and Death of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain" [Univ Oklahoma Press 1965] by A.M. Gibson
agriculture researcher Fabián García [1871-1948] of Las Cruces, New Mexico
to be inducted into the National Agricultural Center’s Hall of Fame in September 2020
9/2019 news article • National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame [est. 1960] near Kansas City, KS
N.M.S.U. Agricultural Experiment Station [est. 1913] and Chile Pepper Institute
Fabián García Science Center [est. 1906] at N.M.S.U. in Las Cruces, New Mexico
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storyteller Napoleon Garcia [1931-2016] of Abiquiu, New Mexico
Napoleon Garcia died in August of 2016 at age 85; he was called the Abiquiu Elder, was married to Analinda Dunn, and worked with Georgia O’Keeffe.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/santafenewmexican/obituary.aspx?n=napoleon-garcia&pid=181090928&fhid=10276
"The Genizaro & The Artist: Stories From New Mexico Villages" [6/2008] by Napoleon Garcia & Analinda Dunn
https://www.amazon.com/Genizaro-Artist-Stories-Mexico-Villages/dp/1890689289
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lawman Patrick Floyd 'Pat' Garrett [1850-1908]
Pat Garrett entry at Wikipedia
 | "An Authentic Life of Billy The Kid, The Noted Desparado of The Southwest" [New Mexican Printing & Publishing Co. 1882] by Pat F. Garrett & Ash Upton listed among the 100 Best Books In New Mexico [Jan 2011] Kessinger Publng 9x7¼ pb [6/2004] for $15.56 Univ OK Press pb [1/2000] for $24.95 Univ OK Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/89] for $28.45 |
 | "Pat Garrett: A Biography of The Famous Marshal and Killer of Billy The Kid" [1960] by Richard O'Connor Ace Giant mass pb [1960] out of print/used Ace Giant mass pb [1960] out of print/used Doubleday & Co. hardcover [1960] out of print/used |
'Father of Modern Rocketry' Dr. Robert H. Goddard [1882-1945]
listed on TIME Magazine 100 Most Important Persons of The Century [3/1999]
Dr. Goddard and his team lived and experimented in Roswell, New Mexico from Summer 1930 to May 1942.
Dr. Robert H. Goddard Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard Collection at Roswell [NM] Museum & Art Center
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painter-sculptor R.C. Gorman [1931-2005]
gallery [est. 1968] •
posters • Artcyclopedia page •
Wikipedia
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restaurant tycoon Fred Harvey [1836-1901]
Fred Harvey Company / Harvey House Restaurants [1875-1968] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Fred Harvey & Company built Harvey House facilities (1882 to 1923) in 15 towns in New Mexico
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archeology professor Frank C. Hibben [1910-2002] of U.N.M.
browse books •
entry at Wikipedia
"The Lost Americans" [1946]
"Treasure In The Dust" [1951]
"Prehistoric Man In Europe" [1958]
"Digging Up America" [1960]
"Hunting In Africa" [1962]
"Kiva Art of The Anasazi At Pottery Mound" [1975]
"Under The African Sun" [1999]
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author Tony Hillerman [1925-2008] Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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labor leader Dolores Huerta [born 1930 in Dawson, New Mexico]
at Spirit of America Bookstore
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Gary Johnson
Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2002; Libertarian Party candidate for President, 2012 & 2016
entry at Wikipedia •
2012 campaign website
 | "Seven Principles of Good Government: Gov. Gary Johnson On Liberty, People & Politics" [2012] by Gary Johnson
Kindle Edition from Silver Lake Publng [8/2012] for $9.99 Silver Lake Publng 8x5¼ pb [8/2012] for $10.36 publisher's website |
bandit Thomas Edward 'Black Jack' Ketchum [1863-1901]
Folsom Museum • Wikipedia
Notorious 'Black Jack' Ketchum tried to rob the Gallegos ranch in NE New Mexico, but pregnant Monica Gallegos shot
him in the shoulder, then ran with her children barefoot thru the snow to refuge with neighbors; by the time Ketchum got
to a doctor in Springer, his arm was gangrened, so he had the arm amputated at gunpoint; he was hung a year later.
"Blackjack Ketchum: Desparado" [Columbia Pictures 1956] /tt0049016/
The plot has nothing to do with the historical Blackjack Ketchum; filmed in California; based on the Western novel
"Kilkenny" by Louis L'Amour; starring Howard Duff & Victor Jory
"Dynamite and Six-Shooter: The Story of Thomas E. 'Black Jack' Ketchum" [1970] by Jeff Burton
http://www.sunstonepress.com/cgi-bin/bookview.cgi?_recordnum=459 + /0865345767/
http://www.amazon.com/No-Tears-Black-Jack-Ketchum/dp/0865346828/
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author Oliver La Farge [1901-63]
books • papers at UTX • IMDb listing • Wikipedia
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Bishop Jean Baptiste Lamy [1814-88]
"Death Comes For The Archbishop" [1927 novel] by Willa Cather [1873-1947] •
Wikipedia
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visionary Jaron Lanier [b. 1960] of Berkeley, California
polymath & visual reality pioneer Jaron Zepel Lanier was born in New York City and raised in Mesilla, New Mexico
browse books •
official website •
Wikipedia
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D.H. Lawrence [1885-1930] & wife Frieda Lawrence [1879-1956]
browse books • official website •
Wikipedia
"D.H. Lawrence In New Mexico" book [2006]
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eco-activist Aldo Leopold [1887-1948] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
co-founder of The Wilderness Society [est. 1935]
Aldo Leopold Foundation [est. 1982] in Baraboo, Wisconsin
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Mabel Dodge Luhan [1879-1962] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
"Creator of Creators" article by Peter B.G. Shoemaker in May 2016 issue of New Mexico Magazine
read full article (with pictures)
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Ben Luján [1935-2012]
served in New Mexico Legislature 1975-2012, House Speaker 2001-12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Luj%C3%A1n
his son U.S. Congressman Ben Ray Luján [2009-2020; Dem], N.M. 3rd District
Assistant Speaker of the U.S. House 2019-2020; running for vacant U.S. Senate seat in 2020
official website •
campaign website •
entry at Wikipedia
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Charles Fletcher Lummis [1859-1928] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
land baron Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell [1818-75]
Lucien Maxwell left Illinois for the West and teamed up with older scout 'Kit' Carson [1809-68]; both signed on with John C. Frémont for the 1841 expedition. Maxwell & Carson returned to Taos, New Mexico in 1844, and both married daughters of local Hispanic ranchers. The Taos Revolt of 1847 and the Mexican-American War of 1849 brought U.S. Army troops to Fort Union in 1850; Maxwell moved to Cimarrón in Colfax County and built his land holdings to 1.7 million acres. When gold was discovered at Baldy Mountain in 1866, he leased land to the miners and sold them supplies. In 1870, he sold most of the Maxwell Land Grant to a British company for $1,350,000, then moved to Fort Sumner, where he died at age 56. (Sheriff Pat Garrett killed outlaw Billy the Kid at the Maxwell hacienda in Fort Sumner in 1881.)
Wikipedia • bio page at the Clan Maxwell website
 | "Maxwell Land Grant" [orig 1942, rev 2008] by William A. Keleher [1886-1972] The 2008 edition is a facsimile of the 1942 edition, plus a New Foreword by historian Marc Simmons and a Preface by Michael L. Keleher Sunstone Press 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $23.07 |
 | "Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell: Napoleon of The Southwest" [1983] by Lawrence R. Murphy Univ OK Press hardcover [5/83] out of print/used |
 | "Lucien Maxwell: Villain or Visionary?" [1999] by Harriet Freiberger Sunstone Press 8¾x6 pb [3/2007] for $13.46 |
 | "Translating Property: The Maxwell Land Grant and The Conflict Over Land In The American West, 1840-1900" [2002] by Maria E. Montoya
Kindle Edition from Univ Press of Kansas [2002 edition] for $13.50 Univ Press of Kansas 9¼c6¼ pb [3/2005] for $14.21 Univ Press of Kansas 9¼c6¼ hardcover [3/2002] out of print/used |
http://www.amazon.com/Grant-That-Maxwell-Bought/dp/0865346526/
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Afro-American cowboy George McJunkin [1851–1922]
McJunkin was born a slave in Texas and after the Civil War became a buffalo hunter, journeyman cowboy, and ranch foreman in Colorado, New Mexico & Texas;
in 1908 he discovered the archeological site near Folsom that revolutionized thinking on the arrival of Native Americans in North America.
entry at Wikipedia
  | "The Life and Legend of George McJunkin: Black Cowboy" [ages 10 & up; 1973] by Franklin Folsom [1907-95] Roberts Rinehart Forgotten Pioneers Series 8½x6 pb [5/92] out of print/used E.P. Dutton 8x5½ hardcover [12/73] out of print/used |
architect John Gaw Meem IV [1884-1983]
built 650 homes and churches and institutional buildings, mostly in New Mexico
no entry at GreatBuildings.com • entry at Wikipedia
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art [est. 1925] in Santa Fe, NM
 | "Southwestern Ornamentation and Design: The Architecture of John Gaw Meem" [1989] by Anne Taylor Sunstone Press 11x8½ pb [8/89] for $19.94 |
 | "Facing Southwest: The Life & Houses of John Gaw Meem" [2002] by Chris Wilson, photography by Robert Reck W.W. Norton 10¼x9 hardcover [2/2002] for $37.80 |
 | "Churches For The Southwest: The Ecclesiastical Architecture of John Gaw Meem" [2005] by Stanford Lehmberg W.W. Norton 10¼x9 hardcover [10/2005] for $31.50 |
"John Gaw Meem At Acoma" [2012] > acoma
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Korean War hero Hiroshi H. Miyamura [b. 1925] of Gallup, New Mexico
awarded the Medal of Honor, the Meritorious Service Medal, and a Purple Heart
Miyamura High School is named after him •
Miyamura entry at Wikipedia
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Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986] Art Pages
at Spirit of America Bookstore
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Clara H. Olson [??]
served as private secretary to twelve New Mexico governors, 1901-1935 • no entry at Wikipedia
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explorer Juan de Oñate [1550-1626] of New Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_O%C3%B1ate
"The Last Conquistador" documentary film [PBS/P.O.V. 2008]
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physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer [1904-67] Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
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pioneer Sarah Jane 'Sadie' Creech Orchard [1865-1943]
Sadie owned & managed bordellos in Kingston & Hillsboro, NM and two hotels in Hillsboro, NM,
and operated a stagecoach line in Sierra County, NM.
"Sadie Orchard" biography [] by Patsy Crow King
http://www.amazon.com/SADIE-ORCHARD-Patsy-Crow-King/dp/0615188532/
http://www.patsyking.org/
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Miguel Antonio Otero [1859-1944]
appointed governor of the Territory of New Mexico by President McKinley, served 1896-1906;
state treasurer from 1909-1911; marshal of the Panama Canal, 1917-1921
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Antonio_Otero_(born_1859)
"My Life On The Frontier, 1864–1882 [New York, 1935]
"The Real Billy The Kid: With New Light On The Lincoln County War [1936]
"My Life On The Frontier, 1882–1897 [1939]
"My Nine Years As Governor of The Territory of New Mexico, 1897-1906" [1940]
http://www.amazon.com/Years-Governor-Territory-Mexico-1897-1906/dp/B0000D5KQK/
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pioneer & activist Adelina 'Nina' Otero-Warren [1881-1965]
raised in Los Lunas, NM; served as Superintendent of Instruction in Santa Fe, NM from 1917 to 1929; ran for U.S. Congress in 1922
entry at Wikipedia
 | U.S. Mint Distinguished American Women Coins Program, 2022 Nina Otero-Warren [1881-1965] entry at U.S. Mint |
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Hispanic politician & lawman Juan Patrón [d. 1884]
no separate entry at Wikipedia
 | "Juan Patrón: A Fallen Star In The Days of Billy The Kid" [2012] by Paul L. Tsompanas, Foreword by Frederick Nolan State legislator Juan Patrón took the side of the ranchers (the good guys) alongside Billy the Kid in the Lincoln County War, and was murdered by the Santa Fe Ring. Kindle Edition from Brandylane/Belle Isle Books [5/2013] for $1.99 {sic} Brandylane Publrs 9x6 pb [7/2012] for $15.26 |
former C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame [b. 1963] - moved to Santa Fe in 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Plame
 | "Fair Game: My Life As A Spy, My Betrayal By The White House" [2007] by Valerie Plame Wilson Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster [10/2007] for $11.99 S&S 8½x5½ pb [6/2008] for $10.20 S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2007] out of print/hundreds used S&S ABR audio CD [10/2007] out of prodn/many used |
Valerie Plame announced in September 2019 that she is running for New Mexico's open Congressional District 3 seat
and posted a controversial "Undercover" campaign video [1:21] on YouTube •
official campaign website
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Tewa leader Popé or Po'pay [1630?-1688?]
revered as the leader of the Pueblo Revolt in 1680
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%C3%A9
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author Eugene Manlove Rhodes [1869-1934]
at Readers of The Purple Sage Western Bookstore
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Millicent Rogers [1902-53] of Taos, New Mexico
Millicent Rogers Museum [of Art] in Taos, New Mexico
"Millicent Rogers: A Life in Full" biography [12/2012]
by Art Bachrach, Nita Murphy & Judith Nasse
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atomic spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg Page
at Spirit of America Bookstore
Catholic nun Sister Blandina Segale [1850-1941]
of Santa Fe, New Mexico and Trinidad, Colorado - 1873-1901
 | "At The End of The Santa Fe Trail" [1932] by Sister Blandina Segale Her diary/memoir was first published by Columbian Press in 1932; reprinted by Bruce Publishing of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1948; the 1999 edition includes a Foreword by Marc Simmons and an Afterword by Anne M. Butler Kessinger Publng 9x6 pb [9/2010] for $22.05 Univ New Mexico Press 8x5½ pb [9/99] out of print/used Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $33.08 |
 | "Sister, Billy The Kid, and Me: Sister Blandina Segale and Old West Discipline In The 1950s" [2011] by James P. Mesker Elderly Catholic nun Sister Mary Blandine of Ohio cowed her students with tales of her personal dealings with outlaw Billy the Kid – tales apparently cribbed from Sister Blandina, who died in Ohio in 1941. Burd Street Press 54-page 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2011] out of print/used |
Dr. Henry Earl Singleton [1916-99]
Co-founded Teledyne, Inc. in 1960; bought the 81,000-acre San Cristobal Ranch and the 30,000 acre Shepherd Ranch in Guadalupe County
and other properties in New Mexico & California; the family now owns 1.1M acres and rank as the fifth-largest landholder in America.
entry at Wikipedia • Singleton Ranches website
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![Smokey Bear [est. 1944]](images/smokey_banner.gif)
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Frank Springer [1848-1927]
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"Frank Springer and New Mexico: From The Colfax County War To The Emergence of Modern Santa Fe" [2006] by David L. Caffey Texas A&M Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $22.02 |
revolutionary Francisco 'Pancho' Villa [1878-1923] of Mexico
credits at IMDb • entry at Wikipedia
Pancho Villa Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
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Gov. Lew Wallace [1827-1905]
2Lt 1st Indiana Volunteer Infantry, 1846-47; opened law office in Indiana in 1849; elected to the Indiana Senate, served 1856-57; commissioned a colonel in the U.S. Army in April 1861; commanded troops at the battles of Shiloh and Monocacy; appointed to the ad hoc commissions investigating the assassination of Lincoln and the Confederacy's Andersonville prison camp; appointed governor of the New Mexico Territory, served August 1878 to March 1881; Harper & Brothers published his second novel "Ben-Hur" in November 1880, which became a worldwide bestseller; met and corresponded with outlaw Billy the Kid [1859-81], later reneged on a pardon for Billy; appointed Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, served 1881-85; lived in Indiana until his death in 1905.
IMDb credits {since 1907} •
Broadway credits, 1899-1917 •
Wikipedia
Gen. Lew Wallace Study & Museum [built 1895-98] in Crawfordsville, Indiana
official timeline on the Lew Wallace Study website
RCA's Lew Wallace Archive {last update 2004}
 | "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" bestseller [1880] by Gen. Lew Wallace the most popular novel of the XIXth Century, and always in print for over 100 years listed in Top Ten of 100 Best Books In New Mexico [Jan 2011] Kindle Edition from Art & Poetry Publng [3/2011] for 99¢ Signet Classics mass pb [2/2003] for $7.95 Norilana Books 9x6 pb [10/2007] for $4.95 Norilana Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [10/2007] for $25.16 book entry at Wikipedia • Broadway play credits [1899-1917] at IBDb |
more details (synopses, sequels, stageplays, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
"Ben-Hur" Novel & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
Prior movie versions include the 1925 silent film starring Ramon Novarro, the 1959 William Wyler widescreen color
version starring Charlton Heston, a 2003 animated film, and a 2010 2-part TV mini-series.
"Ben-Hur" remake [Paramount Feb 2016]
Announced 1/2013: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios bought a spec script from Keith R. Clarke based on the Lew Wallace novel that tells a much different story than
William Wyler's 1959 Oscar-winning picture: firstly, it will focus on the 'formative years' of Judah Ben-Hur and Messala, leading up to the moment in which Messala
betrays Ben-Hur, selling him into slavery; the parallel story is of Jesus of Nazareth, who meets up with Ben-Hur at various points, and is eventually sentenced to death
by Pontius Pilate; reason for the remake? chariot race in 3-D! • full credits at IMDb
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pioneer Edith Warner [1893-1951] of Otowi, New Mexico
"The House At Otowi Bridge" historical memoir [1960] by Peggy Pond Church
http://www.amazon.com/The-House-Otowi-Bridge-Warner/dp/0826302815/
"The Woman At Otowi Crossing" [1965] by Frank Waters [1902-95]
http://www.amazon.com/Woman-Otowi-Crossing-Frank-Waters/dp/0804008930/
 | "In the Shadow of Los Alamos: Selected Writings of Edith Warner [2001] Edited by Patrick Burns Univ New Mexico Press 2nd edition 8x5½ pb [5/2008] for $14.34 Univ New Mexico Press 8x5¾ hardcover [9/2001] for $18.95 |
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fictional TV character Walter White [1958-2010] of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Walter White entry at Wikipedia
 | "Breaking Bad" TV series [Sony Pictures TV/ A.M.C. Network 2008-2013] aired 20 January 2008 to 29 September 2013, consisting of five seasons for a total of 62 episodes; series put Albuquerque 'on the map' as a location for filming movies & TV and also made a national & worldwide star of Bryan Cranston; high school chemistry teacher Walter learns that he is dying of cancer and decides to manufacture & distribute the dangerous drug methamphetamine to provide a fortune to leave for his heirs . . . The series credits list 17 producers, 25 directors, 10 writers; series creator Vince Gilligan; starring Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, Steven Michael Quezada, Jonathan Banks, Giancarlo Esposito, Charles Baker, Jesse Plemons, Christopher Cousins, many more; series won 16 Primetime Emmy Awards & 42 other noms 2008-2014, BC won for Best Lead Actor in 2008, 2009, 2010 & 2014 – plus BAFTA, SAG, AFI, ASFF&H, ACE, DGA, Gold Derby, Peabody (2), OFTA, PGA, Satellite, Shanghai Magnolia, WGA (6) awards full credits at IMDb • TV series entry at Wikipedia • official merchandise at A.M.C. |
more series details (synopses, sequels & spinoffs, DVDs & Blu-ray, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "Breaking Bad" TV Series Page
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former U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. 'Joe' Wilson [1949-2019] of Santa Fe, New Mexico
entry at Wikipedia •
TreasonGate Timeline Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
married to former C.I.A. agent Valerie Plame Wilson, 1998-2017; family moved to Santa Fe in 2004
 | "The Politics of Truth: Inside The Lies That Led To War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity - A Diplomat's Memoir" New York Times bestseller [2004] by Ambassador Joseph Wilson Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs/Hachette [2007 edition] for $13.99 PublicAffairs 9x6 pb [5/2005] for $23.69 Carroll & Graf 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2004] for $5.71 |
 | "PlameGate: Lies That Led To War - Joe Wilson In His Own Words" [2005] documentary film by Robert Taicher R.T.W. Prodns color DVD [2/2006] for $5.99 not listed at IMDb |
Zozobra folk effigy [est. 1924] of Fiestas de Santa Fe in New Mexico
The word 'zozobra' means anxiety in Spanish, but is here translated as 'Old Man Gloom'. Santa Fe artist & marionette maker Gustave Baumann [1881-1971] came up with the idea of creating the effigy and the ritual burning of one's troubles (written on slips of paper) and then conspired with his friend William Howard Shuster, Jr. [1893-1969] to produce the first Burning of Zozobra in 1924. Recent events are organized by Kiwanis and the City of Santa fe, selling as many as 50,000 tickets.
Burning of Zozobra official website • Zozobra entry at Wikipedia
 | "Zozobra!: The Story of Old Man Gloom" [ages 8-12; 2004] by Jennifer Owings Dewey, Photographs by Jeanie Pulsen Fleming University of New Mexico Press 10x7 pb [9/2004] for $14.95 |
 | "Elvis Romero and Fiesta de Santa Fe: Featuring Zozobra's Great Escape" [2011] by Andrew Leo Lovato A fictional memoir for children: Elvis and his cousin Pepa scheme to rescue Zozobra from the flames . . Museum of New Mexico Press 9¾x7½ hardcover [8/2011] for $9.95 |
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