Box 45
Container
Contains 1 Result:
San Joaquin del Nacimiento Land Grant, Canon del Chama Land Grant (Rio Arriba County, NM) Background and Information, Records of James K. Proudfit, U.S. Surveyor General for NM,, 1872 - 1905
File — Box: 45, Folder: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Reies Lopez Tijerina Papers document Tijerina's career as a Chicano activist in New Mexico with the bulk of the collection reflecting his activities from 1963-1978. Tijerina is most remembered for his June 5, 1967 raid on the Rio Arriba County Courthouse in Tierra Amarilla and the ensuing trial in which he defended himself to a 'not guilty' verdict. The majority of the collection consists of the records of the land grant organization that he founded in 1963, the Alianza Federal...
Dates:
1872 - 1905