History of New Mexico

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 100. Chapters: Trinity, Rough Riders, Lincoln County War, Juan de Oñate, Alianza Federal de Mercedes, Sandia Pueblo, Antonio José Martínez, Maxwell Land Grant, Manuel Armijo, New Mexico State Penitentiary riot, J. J. Hagerman, Battle of Cieneguilla, Lincoln County Regulators, Pueblo Bonito, Baca family of New Mexico, Elfego Baca, Revolt of 1837, Jesse Evans, U.S. provisional government of New Mexico, Comanchero, New Mexican Spanish, Ben Viljoen, Chamuscado and Rodriguez Expedition, Ab Saunders, Fort Sumner, Sitgreaves Expedition, Battle of Lincoln, Thomas B. Catron, Victorio's War, Las Gorras Blancas, Esteban de Dorantes, Battle of Cooke's Canyon, Frank Loving, William J. Brady, New Deal and the arts in New Mexico, Battle of Columbus, Texas Santa Fe Expedition, James Dolan, Santa Fe Ring, White Oaks, New Mexico, Spanish land grants in New Mexico, George Peppin, Battle of the Florida Mountains, Alexander McSween, Territorial evolution of New Mexico, Gunfight of Blazer's Mills, Jesse Evans Gang, Battle of Fort Tularosa, Susan McSween, Lawrence Murphy, Seven Rivers Warriors, Diego de Vargas, Battle of Cooke's Spring, Bonneville Expedition, Carson National Forest, Battle of Hembrillo Basin, Battle of Pecos River, Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Anton Docher, Battle of Little Dry Creek, First Battle of Mora, Pony Diehl, George Coe, Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, St. James Hotel (Cimarron, New Mexico), Frank Coe, George Curry, Frisco Shootout, Fort Stanton, Southern Emigrant Trail, Butterfield Overland Mail in New Mexico Territory, Country Club Dispute, Variety Hall Shootout, Senecú, Francisco Cuervo y Valdés, John Kinney, Camp Cody, Coronado State Monument, Battle of Ojo Caliente Canyon, San Miguel de Socorro, Battle of the Mimbres River, Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, Second Battle of Mesilla, John Kinney Gang, Antonio de Otermin, Rio Grande border disputes, New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, Teypana, Vera von Blumenthal, Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, What Men Call Treasure: The Search for Gold at Victorio Peak, Fort Seldon, Seven Rivers, New Mexico, Atrisco Land Grant, New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties, Soldier's Farewell, Massacre Canyon, Santa Ana County, New Mexico Territory, Pilabó, Garnsey kill site. Excerpt: Evidence from archaeologists conveys the existence of natives back to approximately 9200 BC. However, the history of New Mexico was not officially recorded until the arriving of the Conquistadors, who encountered Native American Pueblos when they explored the area in the 16th century. Since that time, the area has been under the control of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. Human occupation of New Mexico stretches back at least 11,000 years to the Clovis culture of hunter-gatherers. They left evidence of their campsites and stone tools. After the invention of agriculture, the land was inhabited by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples, who built houses out of stone or adobe bricks. They experienced a Golden Age around AD 1000, but climate change led to migration and cultural evolution. From those people arose the historic Pueblo peoples who lived primarily along the few major rivers of the region. The most important rivers are the Rio Grande, the Pecos, the Canadian, the San Juan, and the Gila. PREHISTORIC NEW MEXICANS The Pueblo people built a flourishing sedentary culture in the 13th century, constructing small towns in the valley of the Rio Grande and pueblos nearby. The Spanish encountered Pueblo civilization an...