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"Featured webpages" for July 2008

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July 1^st Today's featured webpage:
Behind the Wheel of a Big-rig
by Mac Demere, from AutoMedia, for more see Driver by Phillip Wilson - 388.324 Wilson

Today in New Mexico History: July 1, 1751 — New Mexico landowner Sebastian Martin deeded a large chunk of land to Las Trampas colonists, northeast of Espanola. Las Trampas later became a springboard for settlement in Mora County and Colorado.
Today in New Mexico History: July 1, 1887 — Outlaw gunslinger R.C. "Clay" Allison was accidentally killed, outside Pecos, Texas, when he fell off his buckboard and a rear wheel ran over him, breaking his neck. He was said to be highly intoxicated at the time.

July 2^nd Today's featured webpage:
I Love Libraries
library news and information from the American Library Association, for more see Library: the drama within by Diane Asséo Griliches - 027 Gr

July 3^rd Today's featured webpage:
Desert Bats
from Desert USA, for more see Bats by Glover Morrill Allen - 599.4 All

Today in New Mexico History: July 3, 1935 — Harrison Schmitt US astronaut and senator from New Mexico was born in Santa Rita.
Today in New Mexico History: July 3, 1947 — The Santa Fe Opera presented its first performance in a new outdoor theater north of Santa Fe. The structure served its purpose for more than 50 years before it was demolished and replaced with a new semi-outdoor venue that protects theatergoers from the rain.

July 4 - July 6 Long weekend featured webpage:
Private property rights eliminated from NLCSA
for more see Tony and the Cows by Will Baker - SW 333.74 Bak

Today in New Mexico History: July 4, 1879 — Two locomotives decorated with the U.S. and Mexican flags arrived in Las Vegas, opening rail service to what was then the largest city in the New Mexico territory.

July 7^th Today's featured webpage:
Private property rights eliminated from NLCSA
for more see Tony and the Cows by Will Baker - SW 333.74 Bak

Today in New Mexico History: July 7, 1540 — Hawikuh Pueblo (old Zuni) attempted to repel Francisco Vazquez de Coronado's army, but the Indians were forced from their homes within five days. The Spanish confiscated provisions and continued their search for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola.
Today in New Mexico History: July 7, 1995 — The Delta Clipper, an experimental rocketship, made its eighth and final test flight at White Sands Missile Range, successfully demonstrating its feasibility.

July 8^th Today's featured webpage:
Private property rights eliminated from NLCSA
for more see Tony and the Cows by Will Baker - SW 333.74 Bak

Today in New Mexico History: July 8, 1947 — Military officials announced the recovery of a crashed flying saucer near Roswell, but the Dallas-based 8th Army later rescinded the announcement, calling the find a metallic weather balloon. Many UFO enthusiasts today are skeptical about the Army's amended version.

July 9^th Today's featured webpage:
Wheeler Peak
from Peakbagger.com, for more see Title by author - call number

Today in New Mexico History: July 9, 1828 — Residents of Ysleta, Texas, descendents from those who fled Isleta Pueblo during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, petitioned Mexican officials for a land grant in southern Otero County because their population had grown. The U.S. Private Land Claims Court rejected the Rancho de Ysleta grant.
Today in New Mexico History: July 9, 1952 — In Albuquerque, Blake's Lotaburger (Blake Chanslor) opened their first hamburger stand.

July 10^th Today's featured webpage:
Desert sucker
from Arizona Game & Fish, for more see The Fishes of New Mexico by James Sublette et al. - SW 597.09 Su

Today in New Mexico History: July 10, 1751 — Political chief Juan Jose Lobato allowed 12 families to take possession of the Las Trampas land grant. He assigned each family plots for homes, gardens and growing wheat. Las Trampas was a springboard for settlement of eastern New Mexico and Colorado.

July 11^th Today's featured webpage:
Rope & Wire Magazine
for more see Great Western Short Stories edited by J. Golden Taylor - W Gre

Today in New Mexico History: July 11, 1598 — Juan de Oñate and about 200 colonistas occupied San Juan Pueblo and established the first New Mexico capital, near the confluence of the Rio Grande and Rio Chama.

July 12-13 Weekend's featured webpage:
San Lorenzo Canyon
from Explore New Mexico, for more see Rock Climbing: New Mexico & Texas by Dennis R. Jackson - SW 796.5223 Jac

July 14^th Today's featured webpage:
the Antikythera Mechanism
for more see Aristotle Leads the Way by Joy Hakim - J 509 Hakim

Today in New Mexico History: July 14, 1881 — "Billy the Kid" was shot to death by Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County, on at Pete Maxwell's ranch near Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Today in New Mexico History: July 14, 1934 — A state record high of 116 degrees F (47 degrees C) was established in Orogrande, Otero County, which was not broken until June 27, 1994.

July 15^th Today's featured webpage:
Agrippina the Younger (Wife of Claudius)
for more see The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon - 937 Gi

Today in New Mexico History: July 15, 1751 — Don Tomas Velez Cachupin, governor of New Mexico, approved the land grant request for 12 families in Las Trampas.

Picture of ballet dancers in flamenco outfits

July 16^th Today's featured webpage:
Hispanic Flamenco Ballet (Boston)
for more see Manuel de Falla y el "cante jondo" by Eduardo Molina Fajardo - S 793.3194 Mol

Today in New Mexico History: July 16, 1945 — First atomic bomb was detonated at Trinity Site.

July 17^th Today's featured webpage:
Dilbert cartoons
from Scott Adams, for more see The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams - 650.13 Adam

Today in New Mexico History: July 17, 1972 — Flash floods struck Gallup, NM, injuring 17 persons and causing the evacuation of 200 families.

July 18^th Today's featured webpage:
Vertical Farming
for more see The Farming Industry by Jill Menkes Kushner - J 630 Ku

Today in New Mexico History: July 18, 1876 — A lynch mob made up of Doc Scurlock, Charlie Bowdre, George Coe, Frank Coe, and Ab Saunders stormed the small Lincoln jail and removed cattle rustler Jesus Largo from Sheriff Saturnino Baca's custody. The five men then hanged Largo.

July 19-20 Weekend's featured webpage:
Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
from NM Tech, for more see Storms Above the Desert: Atmospheric Research in New Mexico, 1935-1985 by Joe Chew - SW 551.5 Ch

Today in New Mexico History: July 19, 1878 — Alexander McSween and others were killed by fire and bullets at McSween's home in Lincoln. Billy the Kid escaped, ending the Five-Day Battle of the Lincoln County War.
Today in New Mexico History: July 20, 2004 — In Portales, two New Mexico State Police officers were struck by a lightning while helping motorists on a road flooded during a thunderstorm.

July 21^st Today's featured webpage:
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
from New Mexico State Monuments, for more see El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail by National Park Service - R 917.304 Uni

July 22^nd Today's featured webpage:
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
from New Mexico State Monuments, for more see El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail by National Park Service - R 917.304 Uni

Today in New Mexico History: July 22, 1854 — U.S. President Franklin Pierce signed the bill creating the office of Surveyor-General of New Mexico who was charged with investigating Spanish and Mexican land grants assumed by the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo.
Today in New Mexico History: July 22, 1952 — UFO sighting by trained scientists in Los Alamos, New Mexico, stumped the Air Force, Project Bluebook #1538.

July 23^rd Today's featured webpage:
El Camino Real International Heritage Center
from New Mexico State Monuments, for more see El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail by National Park Service - R 917.304 Uni

picture of Harold Robbins at a book signing

July 24^th Today's featured webpage:
Harold Robbins, author
for example see Blood Royal by Harold Robbins - adult paperback rack

July 25^th Today's featured webpage:
Rafael Sabatini, author
for example see Scaramouche: a romance of the French Revolution by Rafael Sabatini - F Sab

Today in New Mexico History: July 25, 1861 — The town of La Mesilla was taken by Confederate Lt. Col. John R. Baylor without a shot being fired.
Today in New Mexico History: July 25, 2000 — The Valles Caldera National Preserve was established.

July 26-27 Weekend's featured webpage:
Red Canyon, Spruce Spring in the Manzanos
for more see 100 Hikes in New Mexico by Craig Martin - SW 917.8904 Martin

Today in New Mexico History: July 26, 1861 — In the first Civil War clash in New Mexico, Confederates captured Fort Fillmore near Las Cruces. Lt. Col. John Baylor's Rebels captured 400 Bluecoats attempting to flee to Fort Stanton. Within a week, Baylor established the Confederate Territory of Arizona.
Today in New Mexico History: July 27, 1590 — Lt. Govenor Castano de Sosa of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, departed from Alameda, but his expedition to settle New Mexico was declared illegal, and he returned in chains in 1591 to face charges of entering the area without a license.
Today in New Mexico History: July 27, 1942 — Two Issei, first generation Japanese-Americans, were shot to death by camp guards at the Lordsburg enemy alien internment camp. At their courtmartial the guards were cleared.

July 28^th Today's featured webpage:
Etna, Sicily's volcano
from Boris Behncke, for more see Volcanoes by Gordon A. MacDonald - 551.21 Mac

July 29^th Today's featured webpage:
The Comic Bardo Thodol (Tibetan Book of the Dead)
by Thomas Scoville, for more see The Tibetan Book of the Dead translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz - 294.3423 Kar

Today in New Mexico History: July 29, 1776 — Missionaries Silvestre Velez de Escalante and Atanasio Dominguez left Santa Fe with a few soldiers to explore the northern frontier, blazing the Spanish Trail, a trade route to California.

July 30^th Today's featured webpage:
History of the Middle East in 90 seconds
from Maps of War, for more see A Concise History of the Middle East by Arthue Goldschmidt - 956 Gol

Today in New Mexico History: July 30, 1875 — Samuel B. Axtell became New Mexico's governor. Federal agent Frank Angel later described Axtell's tenure as having more "corruption, fraud, mismanagement, plots and murder" than any other. Axtell was forced to resign and was replaced by Lew Wallace.

July 31^st Today's featured webpage:
How to Build a Bridge
from BridgePros, for more see Bridges by Richard Louis Cleary - 624.2 Cleary

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