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Historical Accounts
These historical accounts provide a sampling of stories about water and settlement history in New Mexico. You may use them as part of the learning modules or as individual resources in the classroom. Help guide students through a process of interpreting the individual accounts by using the Reading Historical Accounts Worksheet (pdf).

Native American

Hispanic colonists (1695-1837) Pioneer & settler stories
From the Library of Congress, American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1940.
Sarah Belle Adams, Old timers stories, Anthony, New Mexico (pdf)

Patrick H. Boone, Pioneer ranchman and cattleman, Roswell, New Mexico, 1938 (pdf)

Pat Garrett-Billy the Kid, Pioneer story, Carrizozo, New Mexico (pdf)

The Mormon Church west of the Rio Grande, Settlement of Carson, New Mexico (pdf)

The Enchanted Jug
, an interview with Bert Phillips, Taos, New Mexico, 1936 (pdf)

Nicholas Lopez, Agua Fria, New Mexico, 1937 (pdf)

Nemecio Provincio, Old timers stories, Chamberino, New Mexico, 1937 (pdf)

From the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Simeon Tejada, San Juan, New Mexico (pdf)


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