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Featured webpages" for August 2008

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August 1^st Today's featured webpage:
Iceland
from the U.S. State Department, for more see Iceland and the Icelanders by Helgi P/ Briems - 914.91 Br

Today in New Mexico History: August 1, 1861 — Confederate Army Lt. Col. John R. Baylor and a force of Texas Mounted Volunteers proclaimed all of New Mexico south of the 34th parallel as the Territory of Arizona, with La Mesilla, near Las Cruces, as their capital.

picture of Lincoln County courthouse and jail.jpg

August 2-3 Weekend featured webpage:
Lincoln, New Mexico
from NM State Monuments, for more see Forgotten Frontier: The story of southeastern New Mexico by Carole Larson - SW 978.9 La

Today in New Mexico History: August 2, 1948 -- Native Americans in New Mexico won the right to vote in the case Trujillo v. Garley (No. 1350, U.S. District Court N.M.).
Today in New Mexico: August 3, 1837 — Many northern New Mexicans staged a full-fledged revolt, mainly in the Chimayo area, against the Mexican government in protest of unfair taxation and poor military protection.
Today in New Mexico: Ernie Pyle Day — New Mexico honors Ernie Pyle every August 3^rd by law, NMSA 12-5-4

August 4^th Today's featured webpage:
Boxer Rebellion
from Small Planet, for more see The Great Chinese Revolution, 1800-1985 by John King Fairbank - 951 Fa

Today in New Mexico: August 4, 1854 — The U.S. Congress officially annexed lands of the Gadsden Purchase and added 29 million acres to the southern frontier of New Mexico. A total of $10 million was paid to Mexico according to the treaty signed the previous December in order to avoid another armed conflict between the two countries over the disputed southern boundary of New Mexico after the Mexican War. The United States saw the area as lucrative because of the verdant Mesilla Valley, the ore-rich mines at Santa Rita and prime routes for possible southern transcontinental railway lines.

August 5^th Today's featured webpage:
First Amendment with scads of annotations
from FindLaw, for more see Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West by Clemens P. Work - 323.443 Work

August 6^th Today's featured webpage:
Thomas Edison
for more see Edison, Inventing the Century by Neil Baldwin - 921 Edison Baldwin

August 7^th Today's featured webpage:
Large Hadron Collider activation
for more see Dark Cosmos: In Search of Our Universe's Missing Mass and Energy by Dan Hooper - 523.1 Hooper

Today in New Mexico: August 7, 1951 — The United States Navy's "Viking" single-stage rocket reached a record height of 135 miles at 4,100 mph after launching from White Sands.

August 8^th Today's featured webpage:
History of Television
from from The People History Site, for more see TV and Video Technology by Mark Lambert - J 621.388 La

Today in New Mexico: August 8, 1837 — Santo Domingo revolutionaries in Santa Fe on Agua Fria Road decapitated Governor Albino Perez. Perez's attempt to impose taxes ordered by Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, had sparked the Revolt of 1837.

August 9-10 Weekend featured webpage:
The Pueblo Revolt
from Sangres.com, for more see The Spanish Frontier in North America by David J. Weber - SW 975.02 We

Today in New Mexico: August 9, 1916 — Capulin Volcano National Monument was established. Geologists believe the volcano's last eruption occurred between 56,000 and 63,000 years ago.
Today in New Mexico: August 10, 1680 — Pope led the Pueblo Revolt in which Pueblo Indians killed and drove Catholic missionaries, Spanish colonistas and Christianized Indians out of New Mexico.

August 11^th Today's featured webpage:
The Devil's Postpile
from the National Parks Service, for more see The Mighty Sierra: Portrait of a Mountain World by Paul Webster - 917.944 Web

Today in New Mexico: August 11, 1955 — Heavy flash floods hit Albuquerque for the fourth time that summer, flooding downtown and spurring demands for new flood control, which projects were quickly funded. It was the last big flood in Albuquerque.

August 12^th Today's featured webpage:
Swedish rock art
from the Tanum Museum, for more see The Art of the Stone Age by Hans Georg Bandi et al. - 732.2 Art

Today in New Mexico: August 12, 1955 — The Santa Fe New Mexican reported that a mild earthquake hit the area in the early morning. Moderate damage to some buildings was reported.

August 13^th Today's featured webpage:
San Acacia Diversion Dam
from the Bureau of Reclamation, for more see Irrigation in the Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico by Frank E. Wozniak - SW 333.91 Woz

Today in New Mexico: August 13, 1680 — Pope and other Pueblo Indian leaders had established this date to begin the united revolt against Spanish rule in New Mexico. Hostilities began three days early, however, because some messengers were captured. The revolt forced a 12-year Spanish exile from the area.
Today in New Mexico: August 13-14, 1929 — When the Polvadera dike broke, Rio Grande flood waters washed away the downstream towns of San Acasia, San Antonito and San Marcial. San Marcial was left as a lake for many years. The dike was replaced by the San Acacia Diversion Dam in 1934.

August 14^th Today's featured webpage:
Frill-necked Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii)
from Do Australia, for more see The Australian Outback by Ian Moffit - 577.54 Moffit

Today in New Mexico: August 14, 1937 — The Jicarilla Apache Tribe was issued its charter as a Federal Corporation under the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act).

August 15^th Today's featured webpage:
The swastika
for more symbols see The Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols by Miranda Bruce-Mitford - JR 302.2 Br

Today in New Mexico: August 15, 1846 — Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny and his U.S. Army of the American West rode into Las Vegas. Standing atop a building on the Plaza, he announced the American takeover of the New Mexico territory. He required allegiance from local officials if they wished to remain in office.

picture of yucca with picky pear at Living Desert State Park

August 16-17 Weekend featured webpage:
Living Desert State Park, NM
from American Southwest dot net, for more about Chihuahua see Chihuahua: Storehouse of Storms by Florence C. Lister & Robert H. Lister - 917.2 Li

Today in New Mexico: August 17, 1773 — Spanish Viceroy Antonio Bucareli allowed northern governors to issue common lands to any who will settle in dangerous areas to act a buffer from hostile Indian tribes. Many New Mexicans took advantage by settling in lands beyond the Rio Grande corridor.
Today in New Mexico: August 17, 1780 — Jose de Galvez sent a royal dispatch to Teodoro de Croix, commander of the Internal Provinces, including New Mexico, asking all subjects to donate money to help the American Revolution. Millions of pesos were given.
Today in New Mexico: August 17, 1978 — The first transatlantic balloon trip was completed by three New Mexicans, Max Anderson, Ben Abruzzo, and Larry Newman, all from Albuquerque. Starting from Maine on August 11, they traveled in Double Eagle II over 3,000 miles in 137 hours, landing about 60 miles west of Paris.

August 18^th Today's featured webpage:
The Delta Clipper
by Mark Wade, for more see The Space Shuttle by George S. Fichter - J 629.44 Fi

Today in New Mexico: August 18, 1846 — General Stephen W. Kearny and the Army of the West entered Santa Fe, relatively peacefully, and officially conquered New Mexico. A month later the Army departed to take control of California from Mexico.
Today in New Mexico: August 18, 1993 — The first test of the Delta Clipper (DC-X) took place at White Sands Missile Range. It lasted 59 seconds and the craft reached an altitude of 46 meters.

August 19^th Today's featured webpage:
The Delta Clipper
by Mark Wade, for more see The Space Shuttle by George S. Fichter - J 629.44 Fi

Today in New Mexico: August 19, 1941 — New Mexico newspapers announced that the 200th Coast Artillery of the National Guard was leaving Fort Bliss towards a secret destination. Within months, the 200th would be captured by Japanese forces and remain POWs until the end of the war.

August 20^th Today's featured webpage:
Boletus edulis: The King Bolete
from Mushroom Expert, for more see Mushrooms by Thomas Laessoe and Gary Lincoff - Y 579.6 Laessoe

August 21^st Today's featured webpage:
Ice Bound
for more see Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen - 616.994 Nie

Today in New Mexico: August 21, 1680 — Led by wounded Governor Antonio Otermin, some 1,000 Spanish survivors of the Pueblo Revolt abandoned Santa Fe and the casas reales (now the Palace of the Governors), which was under siege by the Indians. The next day the survivors began a long dangerous trek to friendly Isleta Pueblo and then to El Paso.

August 22^nd Today's featured webpage:
Living Desert State Park, NM
from American Southwest dot net, for more about Chihuahua see Chihuahua: Storehouse of Storms by Florence C. Lister & Robert H. Lister - 917.2 Li

Today in New Mexico: August 22, 1776 — Spain reorganized its American territories. New Mexico and the northern areas were now called the Internal Provinces and were taken from the command of the viceroy in Mexico City and placed under the commandant-general in Durango, Mexico.
Today in New Mexico: August 22, 1846 — General Stephen Kearny established an American-style government with the famous Kearny Code. He guaranteed freedom of religion and protection for private property. His proclamation also sought to reduce the claims of Texas upon much of New Mexico's eastern lands.

August 23-24 Weekend featured webpage:
Anasazi Rock Art
for more see Canyon County Prehistoric Rock Art.jpg by F. A. Barnes - SW 709.01 BA

Today in New Mexico: August 23, 1846 — Work started on Fort Marcy, on a promontory 700 yards north of the Santa Fe Plaza. From the fort the entire city was within cannon range.
Today in New Mexico: August 24, 1821 — The Treaty of Cordoba established Mexican independence from Spain. New Mexicans became official citizens of the Mexican republic rather than subjects of the Spanish monarchy.

August 25^th Today's featured webpage:
La Conquistadora
from Tradition In Action, for more see Santa Fe Hispanic Culture: Preserving identity in a tourist town by Andrew Leo Lovato - SW 305.868 Lovato

August 26^th Today's featured webpage:
The Mesoamerican Ballgame
for more see Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World by Lynn V. Foster - 972.81 Foster

picture of Cloverleaf in the Netherlands

August 27^th Today's featured webpage:
Highway Cloverleafs
for more see Roads, Railways and Canals by Mark C. W. Sleep - J 388.1 Sl

Today in New Mexico: August 27, 1871 — Election Day violence erupted between Republicans and Democrats in La Mesilla, leaving seven dead and 30 wounded, some mortally. U.S. Army troops from nearby Fort Selden were dispatched to restore order.

August 28^th Today's featured webpage:
The Mesoamerican Ballgame
for more see Handbook to Life in the Ancient Maya World by Lynn V. Foster - 972.81 Foster

August 29^th Today's featured webpage:
Fleabane (Erigeron neomexicanus)
from U.S.D.A., for more see Flowers of the Southwest Mesas by Pauline M. Patraw - SW 582.13 Pat

August 30-31 Weekend featured webpage:
New Mexico Wine Festival at Bernalillo
for more see The Wines of New Mexico by Andy Sandersier - SW 641.22 San

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