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Cowboys & Historical Figures
New Mexico has always had it's share of interesting people from indians and cowboy, artists and writers, socialites and adventurerers. This is a short version of who they are but we have more information if you want to read more.
Archbishop Lamy - On February 12, 1875, Bishop Lamy became Santa Fe's first Archbishop. [ read more ]
Billy the Kid - William Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases William Antrim and William Harrison Bonney, was a famous 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who was a participant in the Lincoln County War. [ read more ]
Charles Bent - Charles Bent (1799-1847) was appointed as the first Governor of the newly acquired New Mexico Territory by Governor Stephen Watts Kearny in September, 1846. He was assassinated on January 19, 1847 during the Taos Revolt. [ read more ]
Kit Carson - A true American frontiersman, he was a trapper, guide, military man and farmer. [ read more ]
Willa Cather - Writer. In 1973, Willa Cather was honored by the United States Postal Service with her image on a postage stamp. Cather is a member of the Nebraska Hall of Fame. In 1986, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. [ read more ]
Flying Priest - A Catholic priest in rural New Mexico, Father Fred Stadtmuller used a Piper Cub airplane (named the "Spirit of St. Joseph") to travel from one isolated settlement to another because his 400-square mile parish was so large. [ read more ]
Pat Garrett - Lincoln County sheriff known for killing Billy the Kid. [ read more ]
Greer Garson - Actress, who owned and lived at the Forked Lightning Ranch in Pecos. [ read more ]
Conrad Hilton - He formed the Hilton Hotels Corporation in 1946. The company expanded into credit cards, car rentals, and other travel services. [ read more ]
Fred Lambert - Sworn in at the age of 16, Lambert was the youngest Territorial Marshal in New Mexico. [ read more ]
Mable Dodge Lujan - Mable Dodge Lujan established an artist colony in Taos and wrote several books. [ read more ]
John Gaw Meem - Meem was most closely associated with the Pueblo Revival style, though he also employed the Territorial Revival and occasionally Modern and Gothic styles. He gained an extensive knowledge of Pueblo and Spanish Colonial building techniques through his volunteer work with the Committee for the Preservation and Restoration of New Mexico Mission Churches (CPRNMMC) during the 1920s and 1930s. [ read more ]
Robert Ollinger - Although Robert “Bob” Ollinger was a lawman, he was actually better known as a killer with a penchant in fighting in range wars. [ read more ]
Millicent Rogers - Millicent Rogers was an heiress, granddaughter of one of the original founders of Standard Oil. While she was a legend in the fashion industry, she was a compassionate and tireless humanitarian as well. [ read more ]
Will Schuster - Shuster was famous as an artist but is especially recognized for his 1926 invention of the enormous effigy puppet, Zozobra (Old Man Gloom), which is burned each year at Santa Fe's annual Fiesta. [ read more ]
Carrie Tingley - Carrie and her husband, Governor Clyde Tingley, were both outspoken advocates for healthcare, especially for children. [ read more ]
Lew Wallace - He served as governor of New Mexico Territory from 1878 to 1881, as U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire from 1881 to 1885, and wrote Ben Hur. [ read more ]
