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Jun 24, 2024 · Grants, city, seat (1981) of Cibola county, west-central New Mexico, U.S., on the San Jose River. The site of a skirmish between Navajo and Comanche Indians in the early 19th century, the town was established in 1881 when the Grant brothers, contractors building the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 28, 2024 · This event started the largest boom in the history of Grants. Many major mining companies developed mines and built refining mills, and the population of the area tripled in a short time. This discovery was a boon to the local petroleum industry.
1 day ago · Grants, New Mexico - United States. Location. 35.1476° N 107.8526° W. Region: New Mexico Country: ... Rank in United States: 4,707. United States Population → ...
4 days ago · In 1987, Peña began writing a column for the Grants Beacon (now the Cíbola County Beacon) in which he concentrated on local history, traditions, and people. The popular columns were collected and expanded into the book Memories of Cíbola, published by the University of New Mexico Press in 1997.
Jun 28, 2024 · The El Malpais National Conservation Area (NCA) was established in 1987 to protect nationally significant geological, archaeological, ecological, cultural, scenic, scientific, and wilderness resources surrounding the Zuni-Bandera volcanic field. El Malpais translates to "the badlands" in Spanish.
5 days ago · Land Grant History: Spanish and Mexican settlers in what is now northern New Mexico had received land grants from colonial authorities that guaranteed them ownership of certain lands. However, after the United States acquired the territory in the mid-19th century, many of these land grants were challenged, and the settlers faced dispossession ...
Jun 27, 2024 · White Sands National Park was originally designated White Sands National Monument on January 18, 1933, by President Herbert Hoover. Since 1941, the park has been completely surrounded by the military installations of White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base.
