Event: Land Grants

This article outlines the demands of the Committee for the Reformation and Preservation of the Chilili Land Grant. The article outlines five demands regarding the use of the Chilili land by those not associated with the villagers and heirs of the original land grant.

Spanish-American family homes in a group, farming land in the background. Llano de San Juan, New Mexico. This photo was taken in 1940 as part of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection at the Library of Congress.

Tributary of the Rio Costilla near Amalia, New Mexico. Irrigated farmland is in the center and grazing land surrounding. This photo was taken in 1940 as part of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection at the Library of Congress.

Scene on strip farms along the Rio Hondo near Taos, New Mexico. This land was originally Spanish land grants and has been divided and subdivided among the descendents of the first farmers until the farms are today extremely small, some being only five or six acres. The land has been divided so that each has part of the fertile valley and part of the hilly country.

This photo was taken in 1939 as part of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection at the Library of Congress.

Map shows colonies and land grants, Neuces River as border between Texas and Mexican states, Indian Territory attached to Arkansas, Santa Fe area, towns, rivers, and roads.
This was engraved by James H. Young in 1835. This map is part of the map collection at the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.

Map showing portions of Arizona and New Mexico indicating land grants on either side of the right of way of the railroad. The map was created in 1883 and is part of the Railroad Maps Collection at the Library of Congress.

The article discusses the disposition of the Maxwell land grant in an ownership dispute, which was decided in the Territorial Supreme Court and affirmed by the US Supreme Court. The word “baby” in the title refers to the fact that this was Judge McFie’s first case that he wrote an opinion. The land dispute addresses the selling of the land to the Maxwell land grant by the widow of Alfred Bent.

This article discusses the wording associated with the protection of settlers in the Maxwell Land Grant. The articles highlights the decision made by the Secretary of Interior on December 31. 1869, regarding land lying and being situate in the Territory of New Mexico and the State of Colorado lying within what is called the Maxwell Land Grant. The article discusses the position that the Supreme Court took in 1860, where it was considered that the Maxwell land grant had been no part of the public domain since that time. The Secretary of the Interior was to examine the problems related to the occupancy of the land grant and report to Congress.

This article describes the disposition of the original Elena Gallegos Land Grant by Albert G. Simms. The article describes the boundaries of the grant.

This short announcement in March of 1891 describes Federal action establishing a court for the adjudication of private Spanish and Mexican land grant claims.