Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-05-28
THE itLUsTmOUs STORY OF
NEW MEXICO


Lamy. stern featured and aacetic
Saspolnte, Chappellc. Bourgade. Plsa-
val--thess five names OF the arch
bishops take in the history OF the
Roman Catholic church In New Mox.
ico and carry us back TO the first
carrying OF the cross to the untutorcd
Indians. These live churchmcn ap-
pear grouped together in one Of
the artistic plates TO appear
IN the forthcoming second volume Of
.'lseadins Facts Of New Mexican His
tory" by Ralph Emerson Twiichen Of
Les Vegas, the completion OF work
that has taken the better part Of =
lifetime. The Herald has mad the
plsasnre Or cxamlniag number o.
these plates-perfect bits OF the
psinter's art ana grouprd and decor
ated by master hand. the historical
designs shout each group being alto.
Gether appropriate and beautlRul.
These groups Of rortraits. incluGing
practically All the men Of note in No@
Mexico's history. we're obtained at
tina cost Of research and persever-
anrc which can be better guessed
az than realized.
Ia another group we see the mis-
nionary bishops Of the Protestant
Episcopal church--ihe ri. Rev. VIII
liam r. Adams. the 1T. Rev. James
G. Talbot the RI. Rev. George X.
Dunlop and the RI Rev. John Mills
Kendrick, the patriarch who passed
70 his reward in the past year. Early
Protestant missionaries ana educat-
crs include Rev. Thomas HARDWOOD
Of Albuquerque; Dr. John Menaul.
Mrs Charity Ann CASTOR Mcnaul.
Rev. George smith ana ftt Rev. J..
N. Walden all names familiar To the
people of the state and especially to
tho people Of Albuquerque.
AS In this phase Of the states his
tOfy-the church ploneerlng--so in
every other DO we find the nlustra-
lions which give one the stirring. ro-
mantle. TRAGIC, picturesque. thrilling.
adventurous. noble and iliussrious his
tory OF the Sunshine state in a nut
shell. These groups Of ilkenesses
alone demonstrate how Invaluable -
the work Colonel Twhtcheil is doing
IN gathering this Immense mass Of
data about tho annals Of New Mexico
for preservation 20 posterity.
The scope Of these pictures h as
wide as the history OF the southwest
prominent Indian Chiefs" include
vieierio ana Geronimo; Narb0n. the
Navajo Asa Havi. comanche; scab-
by Bull. the Arapahoe; Agustn vigil
Jiearillo Apache 'Representatiye
New Mexlcans Of che Nineteenth
century h historical gallery IN
which pass tn review the faces ~
such msn as Don salvador Armiio.
Don Jose Leandro Perea. Pedro 3
Jaramilio. Juan santiatevan Pedro
Sanchez. Tomas c. De Raca Trinidad
AlariG. Max Frost, Major n r. Whit
ing Of Albuquerque. Antonio ortiz 3
sainzar. Cot Albert j. Fountain OF
Las Cruces, who met a mysterious
fate IN the wild gorges Of the organ
mountains; Francisco Antonio cha
vez Benito Baca, John II Knaehel
the late legal lumlnary; Felix Mar
tinez. General Jose Maria Chavez.
Ramon Luna OF Los Lunas. General
Nicholas Pine. tone delegate 10 the
cortes Of spain; General Diego Ar
chuleta. Manuel S. salazar. Don Pedro
Jose Perea II Berna'iilo Antonio Jose
Luna, col Manuel A. chaves. father
OF Amado Chayes % Albuquerque,
and noted indian fighter. Rev An
tonic jose Martinez, famous priest
Nazsrio 0allegoa Hilario Gonzales
and many other spanish American
names well known to historys
pages
Coming 10 the Civil war period We
see the faces Of such men as Colonel
Richard Hudson Dr. Mckee. Colonel
W L. Rynerson. Captain Donaciano
Montoya Captain A. Menneu. Major
irving W stanton, Colonel cyrus II.
DeForrest Major D l.. Huntington,
col }. " Bennett. Major Eugene van
pntten, Cot >. A Larue, Col So y.
willis and Major Jose d scna, father
Of the clerk OF the state supreme
court
This Is only az stated, mere
glimpse ai this mnryologs portrait
eallery assembled by the gifted Las
Negan aud which collection alone
makes his history a priceless wora
90 an patriotic NeW Mexipans and
90 the archives ~ the state.