Tag: new mexico
James Ohio Pattie: Arizona’s First Storyteller
The first Anglo-Americans to penetrate the wilderness regions of Arizona were that reckless breed known as Mountain Men. Prior to their arrival in the 1820s, few people east of "the Wide Missouri" were even aware of the vast, uncharted lands that would, some forty years later, be called Arizona. The earliest written account was the ...Why Does New Mexico Have a Stronger Hispanic Heritage Than Arizona?
Today’s question: If Arizona and New Mexico were both settled by the Spanish, why does New Mexico seem to have a much stronger Hispanic heritage than we do? That’s a good one. For help on this I turned to good old Marshall Trimble, author, singer, teacher, Arizona state historian and all-around swell guy. The answer in a ...
