Category: People

George McJunkin

Post author By themanofenchantment
Post date August 27, 2022
Categories In History, People, Territory

George McJunkin discovered the Folsom Points, which resulted in a sea change of understanding of pre-historic peoples in North America.

The Bench and Bar During the Military Occupation of New Mexico 1846-1850

Post author By themanofenchantment
Post date August 14, 2022
Categories In History, Law, People, Territory

John Lewis

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Post date June 13, 2022
Categories In People

Born May 3, 1920, New Mexico raised John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist and composer and is best known as the musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. Born in Illinois, he was raised near the South Broadway Cultural Center in Albuquerque. He attended the University of New Mexico where he studied music and […]

Baxter Black

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Post date June 13, 2022
Categories In People

Born in New York in 1945, New Mexican Cowboy Poet Baxter Black grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He attended Las Cruces High School where he was in the Future Farmers of America, graduated from New Mexico State University, and obtained his Doctorate from Colorado State University. After practicing veterinary science, he transitioned into […]