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Governor Susana Martinez Kicks Off “Get The Picture” Centennial Travel Promotion
SANTA FE – Today Governor Susana Martinez kicked off the New Mexico Tourism Department’s Centennial travel promotion and photo contest called “Get the Picture” as part of the State’s Centennial celebration. She encouraged residents to travel New Mexico, get the picture and compete for a prize at the same time. “The Centennial is the perfect time to learn about New Mexico’s past and travel to places to discover what the state has to offer,” said ...Continue ReadingEvents are planned statewide for January 6 New Mexico Centennial of Statehood Day
SANTA FE―As New Mexico Statehood Day, January 6, 2012, draws near, activities are planned in communities statewide to commemorate 100 years of union with the United States. New Mexico was officially welcomed as the 47th State in the Union on January 6, 1912 when President William H. Taft signed the statehood legislation. Some highlights planned in New Mexico communities are included below. Visit www.nmcentennial.org or the NM Centennial Facebook page for more. Santa Fe January ...Continue Reading
Radio Series will celebrate New Mexico History during Centennial of Statehood
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Centennial Steering Committee is pleased to announce the release of Centennial Journeys, a series of two-minute programs aimed at educating – and entertaining – the public about interesting and often overlooked pieces of New Mexico history. The audio series will commemorate New Mexico’s 100th anniversary of Statehood, which will be celebrated in communities statewide during 2012. Weekly five-day segments of Centennial Journeys will be uploaded for broadcast by participating ...Continue Reading![July18_couse_kachinapainter400x600_c[1]](http://nmcentennial.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/July18_couse_kachinapainter400x600_c1-200x200.jpg "July18_couse_kachinapainter400x600_c[1]")
New Mexico Stories: Eanger Irving Couse, Painter, Charter Member of the Taos Society of Artists (1866 – 1936)
A native of Saginaw, Michigan, Couse painted houses as a young man to earn enough money to attend the Art Institute of Chicago He also studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Julian Academie in Paris. He spent a number of years living and painting in Oregon and on the coast of Normandy. Because Joseph Sharp and Ernest Blumenschein recommended it, Couse visited Taos in 1902 and thereafter spent his summers in ...Continue Reading
Third Excerpt from STATEHOOD OF AFFAIRS, an historical novel set in New Mexico
‘Statehood of Affairs’ is an historical novel set in New Mexico at the time of its struggle for statehood. Over the next two weeks we published three excerpts from this newly released book by author Daniel R. Cillis, Ph.D. “Welcome, Señor Hietmann.” “Thank you, President Madero. I am honored to be here and thank you for granting my request on such an important day for you and all of Mexico.” Hanging above the balcony is ...Continue Reading
New Mexico Stories: Pop Chalee, Artist (1906 – 1993)
She was known as the woman with three names: Merina Lujan, Pop Chalee and Blue Flower. She was born as Merina Lujan in Castle Rock, Utah, to a Taos Indian father and a Swiss mother (Some sources indicate that her mother was East Indian. Others believe that was a fiction created by Dorothy Dunn, one of her teachers). Her parents soon divorced and Merina was raised at Taos Pueblo where her name was Pop Chalee, which ...Continue Reading
New Mexico Stories: Peter Hurd, San Patricio Artist (1904 – 1984)
The name given to him soon after his birth at Roswell, New Mexico, was Harold Hurd, Jr., but he was called “Pete.” He legally changed his name to Peter when he was in his 20’s. Peter came from a family with a strong military tradition – a Hurd had fought in every American conflict dating back to the French & Indian War (1754 – 1763) – and studied at the New Mexico Military Institute before ...Continue Reading
Second Excerpt from STATEHOOD OF AFFAIRS, an historical novel set in New Mexico
‘Statehood of Affairs’ is an historical novel set in New Mexico at the time of its struggle for statehood. Over the next two weeks we are publishing three excerpts from this newly released book by author Daniel R. Cillis, Ph.D. Noticing his lack of reaction Adobe says, “You seem to avoid talking about statehood, Colonel.” Again, the colonel does not react, but finally says, “We both know I am too old to go to Washington. ...Continue Reading
New Mexico Stories: Susan Hummer McSween, Lincoln County War Figure, “The Cattle Queen of New Mexico” (1845 – 1931)
Susan Hummer was born at Gettysburg, PA. She moved to Kansas as a young woman and married Alexander McSween there in 1873. The two of them moved on to New Mexico and arrived in Lincoln in March 1975., just in time for Alex to get involved in the circumstances that led up to the Lincoln County War (1878 – 1881). When the shooting ended, Alex was dead. Susan went on to experience numerous adventures; ad ...Continue Reading
Excerpt from STATEHOOD OF AFFAIRS, an historical novel set in New Mexico
‘Statehood of Affairs’ is an historical novel set in New Mexico at the time of its struggle for statehood. Over the next two weeks we are publishing three excerpts from this newly released book by author Daniel R. Cillis, Ph.D. “Twenty-five hard riders enter Chaco Canyon heading toward Chaco Pueblo. The sky grows darker, and a ghostly strong wind creates a sense of peril. A mystical world unfolds, revealing strange, secluded ruins. The riders become increasingly aware ...Continue ReadingThe 47th Star Blog is brought to you by
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