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The grant area is now in the metropolitan area of Albuquerque. Grant heirs have formed a private corporation to manage development of the remaining grant lands. [22] Elena Gallegos Land Grant - (granted 1693, confirmed 1893, original size 35,049 acres (141.84 km 2) [34] The Elena
Tome has a post office with ZIP code 87060. [5] [6] The population was 1,867 as of the 2010 census. [7] The community was established when land abandoned by Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza following the Pueblo Revolt was granted to a new group of settlers in 1739.
Shirley Romero Otero (born 1955) is a Chicana activist who co-founded the Land Rights Council in 1977 to regain the rights for heirs of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. She is an educator and leader in the San Luis Valley region. She is the director of the Move Mountains Youth Project and sits on the board of directors of the Acequia Institute.
In 1971, descendants of the heirs formed the Land Rights Council to lead the legal effort to reestablish their right to use the land. They filed a class-action lawsuit in 1981 against Taylor. [16] Shirley Romero Otero co-founded the group and is the president of the Land Rights Council as they continue their legal efforts. [17]
The San Miguel del Vado Land Grant (also known as the San Miguel del Bado Land Grant) is one of the Spanish land grants in New Mexico.On November 24, 1794, 53 men submitted a petition for land and were granted temporary possession on November 24, 1794, pending satisfaction of prescribed criteria.
Charles H. Beaubien (October 22, 1800 – February 6, 1864), also known as Alexis Beaubien, Don Carlos Beaubien and Charles Trotier, was a North American-born American fur trader who was one of two investors who owned 2,700,000 acres (11,000 km 2) of northeastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado in the Beaubien-Miranda and Sangre de Cristo Land Grants.
A map of the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant in New Mexico and Colorado High country near Chama. Land or Death! Zapata Lives! Emiliano Zapata was a revolutionary and agrarian reformer in Mexico. The Tierra Amarilla Land Grant in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado consists of 594,516 acres (2,405.92 km 2) (929 sq miles) [2] of mountainous land ...
The Maxwell Land Grant, also known as the Beaubien-Miranda Land Grant, was a 1,714,765-acre (6,939.41 km 2) Mexican land grant in Colfax County, New Mexico, and part of adjoining Las Animas County, Colorado. This 1841 land grant was one of the largest contiguous private landholdings in the history of the United States.