People of New Mexico

New Mexico People by Russell Lee 1940

New Mexico People by Russell Lee, 1940.

 

John David Albert – Frontiersman

Clay Allison – New Mexico Bad Boy

Manuel Alvarez – Mountain Man

Clay Allison

Clay Allison

Clay Allison – Colfax County Bad Boy

Manuel Alvarez – Mountain Man To Politician

Ancient & Modern Pueblos – Oldest Cities in the U.S.

Ancient Puebloans – Anasazi

David L. Anderson, aka Billy Wilson – Outlaw & Lawman

Captain Juan Bautista de Anza II – Spanish Explorer

Apache – The Fiercest Warriors in the Southwest

Geronimo – The Last Apache Holdout

Origins of the Apache Indians

The Apache Kid – Outlaw Legend of the Southwest

Charles Askins – Gunfighter Legend

Francois Xavier Aubry – Skimmer of the Plains

Elfego Baca & The “Frisco War”

Marcelino Baca – Fur Trader

Doña Gertrudis Barceló – Gambling Queen of Santa Fe

Adolph Barrier – San Miguel County, New Mexico Deputy

John Braden – Stagecoach Hero

Alexander K. Branch – Frontiersman

Billy The Kid – Teenage Outlaw of New Mexico

Billy the Kid – Fatal Shot in the Dark by Pat Garrett

Charlie” Bowdre – Unlucky Friend To Billy the Kid

Henry Newton Brown – Outlaw Marshal of Kansas

Kit Carson

Kit Carson

Kit Carson – Legend of the Southwest

My Friend, Kit Carson

John Chisum – Cattle Baron on the Pecos

Chunk Colbert – New Mexico Bad Boy

Mangus Coloradas – Mimbreno Apache War Chief

Comancheros of the Llano Estacado

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado – Spanish Conquistador

Davy Crockett – Gunfighter & Outlaw

The Notorious Dodge City Gang of Las Vegas

John Doherty (Death of a Sheriff – Murder and Conspiracy in the Old West)

James Joshua Dolan – Bad Hombre of the Lincoln County War

Joseph Doyle – Colorado Trader and Politician

The Comanche Indians – Horsemen of the Plains

Comancheros of the Llano Estacado

Pony Deal – Outlaw & Gunfighter of the Southwest

James Dolan – Bad Boy of the Lincoln County War

Andres Dorantes de Carranza – Spanish Explorer

Bill Earhart – Feuding in the Southwest

Estevanico – Finding Cibola

Pat Garrett – An Unlucky Lawman

Pat Garrett and the Man Hunt

John H. Good – Gunfighting Rancher

Tom Horn – Wyoming Killer for Hire

Benjamin Horrell – Texas Gunfighter

Mathew Kinkead – Colorado Trader to Wealthy Californian

Fred Lambert – Lawman, Poet, and Painter of Cimarron

John M. Larn – Vigilante, Outlaw, Lawman

Joaquin Antoine Leroux – Noted Mountain Man

Lincoln County, New Mexico Regulators

Black Jack Ketchum

Black Jack Ketchum

Black Jack Ketchum – Train Robber

Fred Lambert – Lawman & Artist of Cimarron, New Mexico

Ben Lilly: Bears, Blades & Contradictions

Frank MacNab – Killed in the Lincoln County War

James “Jim” Masterson – Dodge City Marshal

Mysterious Dave Mather – Lawman or Outlaw?

Lucien B. Maxwell & the Largest Land Grant in US History

Lucien Maxwell by a Santa Fe Trail Driver

Susan Magoffin – Recording the Santa Fe Trail

George McJunkin – Black Cowboy & Amateur Archaeologist

“Colonel” Thomas Means – A Really Mean Man

John Middleton – One of the Regulators

Jeff Davis Milton – Long-Term Lawman

Burton C. Mossman – Captain of the Arizona Rangers

Lawrence Murphy – Scoundrel Behind the Lincoln County War

The Navajo Nation – Largest in the U.S.

The Navajo Long Walk 

Fray Marcos de Niza – Franciscan Priest

Robert Ollinger – Killer With a Badge

Juan de Onate y Salazar – Spanish Conquistador

Commodore Perry Owens – Gunfighting Lawman

Tom Pickett – Lawman & Outlaw

John William Poe – Hunting Billy the Kid

Puebloan People

Buckshot Robert’s Last Stand

Josiah Gordon “Doc” Scurlock- Cowboy Gunfighter

John Selman – Wicked Lawman and Vicious Outlaw

Silva’s White Caps – A Vicious Outlaw Gang

Vicente Silva – Leading Silva’s White Caps Gang

George S. Simpson – Colorado Trader

Charles Siringo – Cowboy Detective

Six Shooter Bill Smith – Little Known Desperado

Whispering Smith’s Adventures

Ceran St. Vrain – Successful Trader & Businessman

The Tiwa Tribe – Fighting the Spanish

Tom Tate Tobin – Exploring & Scouting in New Mexico & Colorado

“Dangerous Dan” Tucker – Lawman of New Mexico

Chief Victorio – Fighting for Ancestral Lands

Pancho Villa Attacks Columbus

Fred Waite – Chickasaw Outlaw Turned Politician

Broncho Bill Walters Loses Against Wells Fargo

John Joshua “J.J.” Webb – Lawman Turned Outlaw

Harvey Whitehill – New Mexico Miner & Sheriff

Zuni Priest

Zuni Priest

The Zuni – Still a Mysterious Tribe

© Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022.

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