Report to President and Members of the Board of School Supervisors re Schools in the Pecos Area Although this report is undated, it was obviously submitted between 1872 and 1884, since the Board of Supervisors was created by the 1871-72 General Assembly and replaced by a County Superintendent of Schools in 1884., (n.d.).

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From the Series: The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction was established by act of the Territorial Assembly February 12, 1891. With the creation of this office a public school system was established and Amado ChÃ¡ves appointed the first Superintendent of Public Instruction. By the provisions of this law a Territorial Board of Education was also created, consisting of the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the presidents of the University of New Mexico, the Agricultural College, and St. Michael's College in Santa Fe.