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New Mexico History

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New Mexico History

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  1. New Mexico Territory “Wild West” and “Apache Wars”

  2. New Mexico as the “Wild West”

  3. Post Civil War and the Gilded Age • Influx of immigration • Anglo newcomers and territorial politics • Gilded Age • Texas cattlemen • Access to land

  4. The Santa Fe Ring • Thomas B. Catron • Stephen Elkins • Land Grants • Common vs private property ownership • American capitalism Thomas Catron Stephen Elkins

  5. Colfax County Wars • Maxwell Land Grant • Maxwell Land Grant and Railway Company and the English syndicate • Ada Morley • Franklin Tolby • Court of Private Land Claims

  6. Lincoln County Wars • Murphy and Dolan and “the House” • Economic activities • Economic downturn of mid 1870s • Relationship to the Santa Fe Ring Lawrence Murphy and James Dolan

  7. Lincoln County Wars • Newcomers backed by Texas cattleman John Chisum • McSween and embezzlement charges John Tunstall Alexander McSween

  8. Lincoln County Wars • Billy the Kid • Tunstall and McSween both murdered • Death of Billy the Kid • Aftermath of the Lincoln County Wars

  9. Americanizing and Modernizing Ethnic Identities MangasColoradas, Apache Wars

  10. MangasColoradas • Relationship with the Americans • During the war with Mexico: Kearny • After the treaty was signed: Sumner • 1862: Carleton and West • Aftermath of MangasColoradas’ death

  11. Apache Wars and the Border • Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apaches • Victorio leads them away from Ojo Caliente • Tries to negotiate for peace – continued conflict • The border becomes a refuge • The Americans and Mexicans work together to defeat the Chiricahua • 1886 – final conquest of the U. S. Mexico borderlands • New Mexico was now safe for capitalist development

  12. Buffalo Soldiers

  13. Buffalo Soldiers (8 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NitlknJ9Q40 Chiracahua Prisoners of War (5 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGi5aDvXaJA

  14. Creating the Land of Enchantment Railroads and Tourism

  15. Railroads come to NM • Pacific Railroad Act • Transcontinental goals • Impacts on daily life • Southern Pacific Line • Santa Fe Railroad Company • Goals to transform New Mexico

  16. Mail order catalogs rose to prominence as RRs expanded across NM and the West

  17. Cultural Tourism Native Americans, Fred Harvey, Harvey Houses, Harvey Girls

  18. Cultural Tourism • Role of artists and indigenous people • Travel literature: “See America First” Alvarado Hotel Fred Harvey Indian Room, walkway and Indian vendors, Albuquerque The Albuquerque Museum, New Mexico Digital Collections

  19. Fred Harvey and Harvey Houses • Saw a need for lodging and concessions along the railroad • First dining room opened in 1876 • Hotels, restaurants, and dining cars • Hopi House • Harvey Girls

  20. Redefining New Mexico’s Identity

  21. The RR split Albuquerque and many other NM towns in two: “New” Town Old Town

  22. Spanish-American Ethnic Identity • Eusebio Chacón • L. Bradford Prince • The Spanish question • Growth of the print industry • Spanish American War • Tri-cultural myth

  23. New Mexico in the Spanish American War Colonel Theodore Roosevelt at first Rough Riders Reunion in front of Castaneda Hotel, Las Vegas, New Mexico Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Collection Rough Rider recruits pledging oath of allegiance in front of Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, New Mexico Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Collection

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