Hispanos historic leaders in New Mexico /
by Lynn I. Perrigo.
- 1st ed.
- Santa Fe, NM : Sunstone Press, 1985.
- 94 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes index.
First on the frontier: Juan de Oñate -- Revenge for the rebellion: Diego de Vargas -- Across the Southwest: Juan Bautista de Anza -- Emissary to Spain: Pedro Bautista Pino -- The favored family: Luis María C. de Baca -- A typical Don Juan: Juan Gerónimo Torres -- The ghost town: Juan de Dios Maese -- Life on the frontier: pioneer colonists -- Courage without reward: Gregorio Vigil -- The Doña of tomé: Gertrudis Barceló -- The deposed governor: Manuel Armijo -- Center of the storm: Antonio José Martínez -- The first governor: Donaciano Vigil -- From priesthood to politics: José Manuel Gallegos -- One man army: Élfego Baca -- Patrones rurales: eleven of them -- The eminent boss: J. Francisco Chávez -- The sage and the soldier: Solomón and Maximiliano Luna -- Patrones comerciales: ten of them -- The first superintendent: Amado Chaves -- The popular governor: Miguel A. Otero, Jr. -- Some founding fathers: thirty-two in 1910 -- First but frustrated: Ezekiel C. de Baca -- The emergence of women: Adelina Otero-Warren -- The outspoken governor: Octaviano Larrazolo -- Leading ladies: Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert and Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven -- The political "godfather": Dionisio Chávez -- New ways in the New World.