Moses On The Mesa/NM IN LATE 1800s

NM IN LATE 1800s

New Mexico in the late 1800’s is full of colorful characters…

Solomon comes to New Mexico right on the heels of the Civil War.  The Southwest is teeming with opportunities and opportunists.  Soldiers, outlaws, merchants, indigenous people, visionaries and former slaves provide an amazing human experience to a young Jew from Germany.

1821

“NEW SPAIN” BECOMES PART OF MEXICO

1846-1895

AMERICAN INDIAN WARS IN THE SOUTHWEST

– major armed conflicts between the U.S. and Apaches, Navajos and other tribes

1848

“NEW SPAIN” BECOMES PART OF UNITED STATES

– Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo cedes the Southwest to the US

1861-1865

U.S. CIVIL WAR

1878

SANTA FE RAILROAD REACHES NEW MEXICO

1878

LINCOLN COUNTY WAR RAGES

– famous New Mexico conflict between a number of Wild West notables, including Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, John Chisum and Lawrence Murphy.

1886

APACHE CHIEF GERONIMO IS CAPTURED

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