James Bailey Blackshear: 2 books
Fort Bascom
Soldiers, Comancheros, and Indians in the Canadian River Valley
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Motorists traveling along State Highway 104 north of Tucumcari, New Mexico, may notice a sign indicating the location of Fort Bascom. The post itself is long gone, its adobe walls washed away. In 1863, the United States, fearing a second Confederate invasion of New Mexico Territory from Texas, built...
Honor and Defiance
A History of the Las Vegas Land Grant in New Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2015
In 1835, a petition for land far from Santa Fe, New Mexico was awarded to pobladores (settlers) willing to relocate to the eastern edge of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Founded along the Gallinas River, the settlement became the Las Vegas Land Grant. The history of this grant is the history of New...