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"Featured webpages" for February 2008

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February 1^st Today's featured webpage:
Hot Springs, Pamukkale, Turkey
from SwissEduc
see the video Hot Springs of the West by Eager Outdoor Video - Vid 954 Travel

Today in New Mexico History: February 1, 1847 — During the Taos Rebellion, 200 occupying U.S. Army soldiers from Las Vegas were sent to uproot an insurgence in Mora. The soldiers burned every building.
Today in New Mexico History: February 1, 1951 — The coldest New Mexican day ever, it was -50°F (-45.6°C) in Gavilan, Rio Arriba County.

February 2-3 Weekend's featured webpage:
Ground Hog Day - Candlemas

for more see We Celebrate Winter by Bobbie Kalman - J 394.2 Ka

Today in New Mexico History: February 2, 1848 — The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican War and guaranteeing New Mexican's land rights.
Today in New Mexico History: February 2, 1980 — Prisoners at the New Mexico State Penitentiary outside of Santa Fe riot for two days leaving 33 dead.

February 4^th Today's featured webpage:
Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer

for more see Opus Dei by John L. Allen, Jr. - 267.182 Allen

February 5^th Today's featured webpage:
Yarrow Ground Cover
from Guzman's Garden Center
for more see Lawns and Ground Cover by James Underwood Crockett - 716 Cr

Today in New Mexico History: February 5, 1880 — Tom Henry and John Dorsey were pulled from the jail and lynched in Las Vegas, San Miguel County, for the shooting of town Marshal Joe Carson in a bar the previous January 22nd.

February 6^th Today's featured webpage:
The History of Poker in the Old West
from Legends of America
for more see Knights of the Green Cloth: The saga of the frontier gamblers by Robert K. DeArment - SW 978.9 De

February 7^th Today's featured webpage:
Tet: The Year of the Brown Earth Rat
Happy New Year!
for more see Dragons, Gods & Spirits from Chinese Mythology by Tao Tao Liu Sanders - 299.51 Sa

Today in New Mexico History: February 7, 1706 — The villa San Francisco de Alburquerque was founded by Gov. Francisco Cuervo y Valdes and 12 families. It was named after the Duke of Alburquerque who resided in New Spain (Mexico).

February 8^th Today's featured webpage:
Modern Paganism

for more see God Against Gods by Jonathan Kirsch - 211 Kirsch

Today in New Mexico History: February 8, 1923 — An explosion in the Dawson coal mine killed 121 miners when a train jumped it's track, and ignited the coal dust.

February 9-10 Today's featured webpage:
The Socorro UFO - Explained?

for more see Mysteries and miracles of New Mexico by Jack Kutz - SW 917.89 Kutz

Today in New Mexico History: February 9, 1880 — The first steam locomotive chugged into Santa Fe, on a spur from the main line near Lamy, signaling the symbolic and actual demise of commerce on the Santa Fe Trail.

February 11^th Today's featured webpage:
Erie Canal
from The University of Rochester
for more see Wedding of the Waters by Peter L. Bernstein - 386.48 Ber

Today in New Mexico History: February 11, 1916 — Bandelier National Monument opened displaying evidence of human inhabitation as early as 1200 B.C.

February 12^th Today's featured webpage:
Cross country skiing
from Cross Country Ski Areas Association
for more see The Ski Book ed. Morton Lund - 796.9 Sk

Today in New Mexico History: February 12, 1929 — Colorado, Texas and New Mexico signed the first Rio Grande Compact in Santa Fe. It placed five-year moratorium on water projects until water could be measured for apportionment.

February 13^th Today's featured webpage:
Physics and Religion
from Meridian Magazine
for more see Modern Physics and Ancient Faith by Stephen M. Barr - 215.3 Barr

Today in New Mexico History: February 13, 1888 — Jean Baptiste Lamy, the Archbishop of Santa Fe, died of pneumonia. As leader of the Santa Fe Archdiocese since 1851, he oversaw many changes within the Roman Catholic Church in New Mexico, including the suppression of traditional worship and of religious brotherhood societies within individual communities.

February 14^th Today's featured webpage:
The Quetzal
from Trade and Environment Database
for more see Bird of life, bird of death by Jonathan Evan Maslow - 917.281 Ma

Don't forget Valentine's Day

February 15^th Today's featured webpage:
Bighorn Medicine Wheel
from Ancient Observatories - Timeless Knowledge
for more see Prehistoric Astronomy in the Southwest by J. M^cKim Malville & Claudia Putnam #45; SW 522.0979 Malville

February 16-17 Weekend's featured webpage:
Turquoise

for more see Turquoise Unearthed: an illustrated guide by Joe Dan Lowry and Joe P Lowry - SW 549.72 Lowry

Today in New Mexico History: February 17, 1896 — The Santa Fe New Mexican reported blood and clothing found on a Tularosa road indicate that Col. Albert J. Fountain and his 7-year-old son, Henry, were killed at White Sands. Their bodies were never found.

February 18^th Today's featured webpage:
Rattlesnakes
from Desert USA
for more see Rattlesnakes by J. Frank Dobie - SW 597.96 Dob

Today in New Mexico History: February 18, 1878 — John H. Tunstall was murdered near Tinnie while driving horses to Lincoln. His death inflamed his young cowhands, including Billy the Kid, who sought revenge in the Lincoln County War.
Today in New Mexico History: February 18, 1930 — New Mexico State University professor Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered the dwarf planet Pluto.

February 19^th Today's featured webpage:
Zazen
from Arte Dojo
for more see Taming the Mind by Thubten Chodron - 294.3444 Thubten

Today in New Mexico History: February 19, 1851 — Guadalupe Miranda petitioned Mexican officials for a land grant in the Dona Ana County area. In 1888 he sold the land for only $5, believing the United States would not confirm the grant. Indeed, the next owner's claim was denied.

February 20^th Today's featured webpage:
Coral Death

for more see Reef: A Safari through the Coral World by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch - 577.789 Stafford

Today in New Mexico History: February 20, 1905 — The New Mexico Assembly created the Mounted Police, which, although it never exceeded 22 members, existed until 1922 when its duties were transferred to the National Guard.

February 21^st Today's featured webpage:
Chess Openings
by Peter Hobbs
for more see Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan - 794.122 Seirawan

Today in New Mexico History: February 21, 1862 — Rebel forces under General H.H. Sibley defeated Union forces of General Canby at Valverde. It was the largest Civil War battle in New Mexico.

February 22^nd Today's featured webpage:
College Funding
from US Dep't of Ed.
for more see Funding Education Beyond High School by US Dep't of Ed. - R 378.3 Funding

Today in New Mexico History: February 22, 1916 — Common lands of the Mora landgrant are sold to anglos at the courthouse door in Mora. Residents may no longer use the grazing lands for their cattle and sheep, nor the forests for wood cuttings, but they are not informed of this in order to avoid confrontation.

February 23-24 Weekend's featured webpage:
New Mexico Business Journal

for more see New Mexico Business Journal in the magazine rack

Today in New Mexico History: February 23, 1540 — Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, with 337 Spaniards, about 700 Indian allies and thousands of livestock went north from the Mexican outpost of Compostela to look for the seven golden cities of Cibola.
Today in New Mexico History: February 24, 1821 — Augustin de Iturbide proclaimed Mexican independence from Spain at the town of Iguala. Months would pass before New Mexicans would receive news of the event.
Today in New Mexico History: February 24, 1863 — The Territory of Arizona, until then part of the Territory of New Mexico, was organized by the U.S. Congress as a separate territory.
Today in New Mexico History: February 24, 1898 — The first motion picture was filmed in New Mexico, at the Isleta Pueblo Indian School by Thomas Alva Edison. It was entitled Indian Day School.

February 25^th Today's featured webpage:
Zero

for more see Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife - 513 Sei

Today in New Mexico History: February 25, 1957 — Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded That'll Be the Day in Clovis. The single sold more than 1 million copies and topped Billboard's pop chart.

February 26^th Today's featured webpage:
King Clovis
from The Baldwin Project
for more see The Kingdom of the Franks by Peter Lasko - 944.013 La

Today in New Mexico History: February 26, 1807 — Zebulon Pike and his men were arrested as spies and taken to jail in Santa Fe.
Today in New Mexico History: February 26, 1878 — AT&SF Chief Engineer A.A. Robinson made a deal with "Uncle Dick" Wootton to build railroad over Raton pass and occupied the pass the next day with his men, beating rival Denver & Rio Grande by mere hours.
Today in New Mexico History: February 26, 1966 — First television station in southern New Mexico, KBIM channel 10 (CBS) began broadcasting in Roswell.

February 27^th Today's featured webpage:
Hadiths

for more see No God But God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam by Reza Aslan - 297 Aslan

February 28^th Today's featured webpage:
Unabomber
from Court TV
for more see Unabomber by Chris Waits & Dave Shors - 364.1523 Waits

Today in New Mexico History: February 28, 1861 — Congress organized the Territory of Colorado, taking the northern portion of New Mexico including the San Juan Mts. and the fertile San Luis Valley to the east. Many longtime New Mexicans become citizens of Colorado.

February 29^th Today's featured webpage:
Pirates of Penzance

for more watch Pirates of Penzance Gilbert & Sullivan - Vid 1438 Music Dance

Today in New Mexico History: February 29, 1908 — Former Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett was shot and killed near Organ. His killer was acquitted of murder charges even though he confessed to the crime.

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