Box 46
Container
Contains 1 Result:
"Index to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants," by Virginia H. Taylor, General Land Office, Texas, Bob Armstrong, Commissioner
File — Box: 46, Folder: 20
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:
1888-2003; Majority of material found within 1963-1978