Buried Treasures: Famous and Unusual Gravesites in New Mexico HistorySunstone Press, 2007 - 473 Seiten New Mexico history is filled with noteworthy men, women, and children, usually deserving of high praise and admiration. Sadly, few of these famous New Mexicans are honored with monuments to remind us of their achievements in every field, from art and literature to military service and rocket science. Historian Richard Melzer attempts to rectify this neglect with an impressive new book about famous New Mexico gravesites, usually the only monuments left to honor the human treasures who helped shape so much of our state, national, and often international history. The gravesites belong to both famous and infamous characters, from Billy the Kid to Kit Carson, Elfego Baca, Mabel Dodge Luhan, and Geronimo (buried in exile in Oklahoma). The result of Melzer's coast-to-coast quest for the gravesites of deserving New Mexicans is a book filled with vivid photographs, compelling stories, humorous epitaphs, and valuable information. With so much data about so many New Mexicans, this book is destined to serve as a major reference work for historians, genealogists, students, and librarians for years to come. With so much good history and a concluding chapter of truly unusual gravesites found in New Mexico, casual readers will be engaged and entertained as well. Richard Melzer is a professor of history at the University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus. He is an award-winning author of many books and articles about New Mexico, including two grade school textbooks to be published in anticipation of New Mexico's centennial celebration of statehood in 2012. He is the President of the Historical Society of New Mexico. Sunstone Press has published three of his previous books, including "Ernie Pyle in the American Southwest, Breakdown: How the Secret of the Atomic Bomb was Stolen during World War II," and "When We Were Young in the West: True Stories of Childhood." |
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... April 1896 . In some cases , like the Fountains ' , the missing persons are remembered with a cenotaph , or commemorative headstone . More than fifty cenotaphs have been erected in a designated section of the Santa Fe National Cemetery ...
... April 1896 . In some cases , like the Fountains ' , the missing persons are remembered with a cenotaph , or commemorative headstone . More than fifty cenotaphs have been erected in a designated section of the Santa Fe National Cemetery ...
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... April 27 , 1952 ( 77 ) Place of Death : Taos , New Mexico Cause of Death : heart attack Resting Place : Sierra Vista Cemetery , Taos , New Mexico Four days prior to Berninghaus's death , his friend , Bill James , visited the artist and ...
... April 27 , 1952 ( 77 ) Place of Death : Taos , New Mexico Cause of Death : heart attack Resting Place : Sierra Vista Cemetery , Taos , New Mexico Four days prior to Berninghaus's death , his friend , Bill James , visited the artist and ...
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... April 22 , 1891 Place of Birth : Austin Bluffs , Colorado Date of Death ( age ) : November 30 , 1979 ( 88 ) Place of Death : St. Vincent Hospital , Santa Fe , New Mexico Cause of Death : congestive heart failure and complications ...
... April 22 , 1891 Place of Birth : Austin Bluffs , Colorado Date of Death ( age ) : November 30 , 1979 ( 88 ) Place of Death : St. Vincent Hospital , Santa Fe , New Mexico Cause of Death : congestive heart failure and complications ...
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... April 21 , 1904 Place of Birth : Carlsbad , New Mexico Date of Death ( age ) : May 3 , 1972 ( 68 ) Place of Death : Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital , Hollywood Hills , California . Cause of Death : lung and throat cancer ...
... April 21 , 1904 Place of Birth : Carlsbad , New Mexico Date of Death ( age ) : May 3 , 1972 ( 68 ) Place of Death : Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital , Hollywood Hills , California . Cause of Death : lung and throat cancer ...
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... April 1 , 1950 , and returned to the town every year until 1999 ; the annual Ralph Edwards Fiesta is held in his honor on the first weekend of May in Truth or Consequences ; a riverside park and a room in the Geronimo Springs Museum in ...
... April 1 , 1950 , and returned to the town every year until 1999 ; the annual Ralph Edwards Fiesta is held in his honor on the first weekend of May in Truth or Consequences ; a riverside park and a room in the Geronimo Springs Museum in ...
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Educational Leaders | 119 |
Sung and Unsung Heroes | 131 |
Lawmen Criminals and Victims of Crime | 153 |
Wartime Leaders and Victims to the End of the Indian Wars in | 261 |
Wartime Leaders and Victims Since the SpanishAmerican War 1898 295 | 280 |
Unusual Graves | 329 |
Famous New Mexicans Interred in Public Cemeteries in | 347 |
Famous New Mexicans Interred in Public Cemeteries in Other | 361 |
Famous New Mexicans Who Have Been Cremated | 371 |
Endnotes | 379 |
Suggested Readings | 459 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Alamogordo Albuquerque Journal Albuquerque Tribune alphabetical order American April Arizona Artists August Billy the Kid Buffalo Soldiers Cause of Death causes Resting Place Chapter 12 Chapter 9 Chávez Colorado commemorative editorial cremated Cruces Cultural Preservationists Date of Birth Date of Death Death age December Diplomatic Eternal New Mexicans Fairview Cemetery famous Fe New Mexican February Fort Sumner grave gravesite gravestone headstone honor Date Indian Wars January John Judicial Leaders July Julyan June Las Cruces Lawmen Leaders and Victims Lincoln County Lincoln County War Marc Simmons March Medal of Honor Memorial Mexico Cause Mexico Date Mexico Historical Review Mexico Press Museum National Cemetery natural causes Resting November October Photo courtesy Place of Birth Place of Death Political Pueblo Quoted Ranch Richard Melzer Roswell Santa Fe Trail September Southwest Spanish Spanish-American War Sung and Unsung Taos Texas U.S. Army University unstated natural causes Unsung Heroes Victims of Crime Wartime Leaders William
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Seite 64 - It is his privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart, by reminding him of the courage and honor and hope and pride and compassion and pity and sacrifice which have been the glory of his past.
Seite 147 - I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon — if I can. I seek opportunity — not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the State look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed.
Seite 262 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Seite 190 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Seite 125 - I hear a voice that sings ;Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low- vaulted past ! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Seite 158 - Let sixteen gamblers come handle my coffin, Let sixteen cowboys come sing me a song. Take me to the graveyard and lay the sod o'er me, For I'ma poor cowboy and I know I've done wrong.
Seite 238 - How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, "Your God reigns!
Seite 177 - Warm summer sun, Shine kindly here; Warm southern wind, Blow softly here; Green sod above, Lie light, lie light; Good night, dear heart, Good night, good night.
Seite 217 - The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
Seite 74 - Then we buried him, very simply, like a bird we put him away, a few of us who loved him. We put flowers into his grave and all I said was: "Good-bye, Lorenzo," as his friends and I put lots and lots of mimosa on his coffin. Then he was covered over with earth while the sun came out on to his small grave in the little cemetery of Vence which looks over the Mediterranean that he cared for so much.