Old Santa Fe

Old Santa Fe PDF Author: Ralph Emerson Twitchell
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865345740
Category : Santa Fe (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 585

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Book Description
This remarkable book unfolds a detailed and thoughtful history beginning in 1598 and continuing through 1924. Chapters are devoted to events preceding the founding of the city; the Pueblo Revolution; the reconquest of the city by General Diego de Vargas; its 25 years as a Mexican provincial capital; the city during the military occupation period; and stories about Billy the Kid, Gov. Samuel B. Axtell, and the Santa Fe Ring.