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.
Event: Statehood (1912)
Map of US with NM – 1847
This is a map of the US with the NM territory acquired during Mexican-American War. Map was published in 1847. (Actually titled “New map of the United States and Mexico”.)
Map of Railroads
Map of the Rio Grande and Pecos Railway showing its connections with the Texas Mexican, Texas Mexican Short Line, Mexican National, Texas & St. Louis, and Denver & Rio Grande Narrow Gauge systems and also the International & Great Northern, Mexican Oriental Interoceanic & International, New York, Texas & Mexican and International & Mex. Standard Gauge roads. This map was published in 1882 by Julius Bien & Co, part of the Railroad Maps Collection of the Library of Congress.
Map of NM with Coach Lines, Rivers and Lakes
Map shows relief by hachures, drainage, counties, cities and towns, roads, trails, and proposed or surveyed railroad lines. This map was done in 1879 by Rand McNally and is part of the Transportation and Communication Collection at the Library of Congress.
Indian Service School, Taos
At work in the Indian Service School. Taos, New Mexico. This photo was taken in 1936 as part of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection at the Library of Congress.
Spanish-American Family Farm
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
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.
Rio Hondo Land
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.
New Map of Texas with Land Grants
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.
Railroad Land Grants – NM Territory
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.