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"Featured webpages" for March 2008

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March 1-2 Weekend's featured webpage:
Fly Fishing in New Mexico

for more see Fly Fishing in Northern New Mexico ed. Craig Martin - SW 799.12 Fl

Today in New Mexico History: March 1, 1873 — Catherine McCarty, mother of Billy the Kid, married William H. Antrim in Santa Fe. Antrim was one of the Kid's many aliases.
Today in New Mexico History: March 2, 1867 — All the territory north of 37th parallel was given to Colorado in the Civil Expenses Appropriation act. NM lost 122,469 square miles. 14 Statutes at Large 466; and Congress abolished peonage in New Mexico, 14 Statutes at Large 546.
Today in New Mexico History: March 2, 1881 — Billy the Kid wrote the fourth of six letters to Governor Lew Wallace from a Santa Fe jail, asking for a meeting to discuss their 1879 agreement and his criminal case.

March 3^rd Today's featured webpage:
U.S. Mint

for more see The Seven Laws of Money by Michael Phillips - 332.024 Phillips

Today in New Mexico History: March 3, 1891 — Congress replaced the New Mexico Surveyor General with the Court of Private Land Claims. The court assumed the function of validating Spanish and Mexican land grants because of the failures of the Surveyor's office since 1854.

March 4^th Today's featured webpage:
Nero
from Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
for more see Quo Vadis: a tale of the time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz - F Sie

Today in New Mexico History: March 4, 1862 — Governor Henry Connelly fled Santa Fe with 120 wagons toward Las Vegas just ahead of Confederate troops who were quickly advancing up the Rio Grande Valley.
Today in New Mexico History: March 4, 1977 — The first CRAY 1 supercomputer was shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories.

March 5^th Today's featured webpage:
Understanding Bipolar Disorder
from Helpguide
for more see His Bright Light: The story of Nick Traina by Danielle Steel - 616.89 Steel

Today in New Mexico History: March 5, 1956 — Roy Orbison cut Ooby Dooby at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis. It was his first commercial success.

March 6^th Today's featured webpage:
Endangered Birds
from 50 Birds
for more see Endangered Birds of North America by April Pulley Sayre - J 333.95 SA

March 7^th Today's featured webpage:
New Mexico Boating

for more see New Mexico Lake Boating Guide by Rob Swartley - SW 797.1 Swa

Today in New Mexico History: March 7, 1539 — Fray Marcos de Niza and Estevan, the Moor, left Culiacan, Mexico, to explore New Mexico.

March 8-9 Weekend's featured webpage:
Fray Marcos de Niza & Estevan
from Southwest Crossroads
for more see The journey of Fray Marcos de Niza by Cleve Hallenbeck - SW 978.9 Ha

Today in New Mexico History: March 8, 1823 — The short-lived Mexican empire of Augustine Iturbide ended, primarily because of insufficient funds to pay the army. By the time news reached New Mexico, Iturbide had already been executed.
Today in New Mexico History: March 9, 1916 — General Ramon Banda Quesada led an attack, ordered by Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco "Pancho" Villa, on the small community of Columbus. After the attack, the Mexican insurgents retreated back into Mexico.

March 10^th Today's featured webpage:
US Marshal's Service

for more see The United States Marshals of New Mexico and Arizona Territories, 1846-1912 by Larry D. Ball - SW 363.2 Bal

Today in New Mexico History: March 10, 1862 — The Confederate army marched into Santa Fe to find that the Palace of the Governors had been abandoned. Troops raised the Confederate flag over the Palace.
Today in New Mexico History: March 10, 1881 — Tom Gordon was pulled from the jail and hanged by vigilantes in Socorro for the killing of Deputy US Marshal J.C. Thomas the previous November 10^th.
Today in New Mexico History: March 10, 1893 — New Mexico State University cancelled it's first graduation ceremony, its only graduate, Sam Steele, was robbed and killed the night before.

March 11^th Today's featured webpage:
Alternative fuels: ethanol

for more see How to make your own alcohol fuels by Larry W Carley - 662.6 Ca

Today in New Mexico History: March 11, 1907 — Chaco Canyon National Monument opened under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service with impressive Ancestral Pueblo stone ruins that date back to 1000 B.C.

Today in New Mexico History: March 11, 1925 — With the signature of Governor Arthur Hannett, New Mexico adopted the current state flag, a red Zia symbol on a field of yellow, that replaced the original flag and symbolized the Spanish royal colors.

March 12^th Today's featured webpage:
Do "gun-free" zones encourage school shootings?
from Red-Blue America
for more see Gun Violence: Opposing Viewpoints by Helen Cothran (ed.) - Y 363.33 Gun

Today in New Mexico History: March 12, 1890 — The White Caps (Las Gorras Blancas), a secret terrorist anti-Santa Fe Ring organization, published their manifesto in the Daily Optic in Las Vegas.

March 13^th Today's featured webpage:
Historical Myths
from
for more see Legends, Lies & Cherished Myths of World History by Richard Shenkman - 902 SH

Today in New Mexico History: March 13, 1879 — Billy the Kid wrote the first of six letters to Governor Lew Wallace, offering to testify against others in the Lincoln County War for immunity. They met four days later in Lincoln.

March 14^th Today's featured webpage:
Taxes
from CNN Money
for more see Confessions of a Tax Collector by Richard Yancey - 336.24 Yan

Today in New Mexico History: March 14, 1933 — The Legislature created the New Mexico Motorcycle Patrol (chief and nine patrolmen), but the state police replace them two years later because of the number of Patrol accidents.

March 15-16 Weekend's featured webpage:
Coyote & The Setting of the Stars

for more see Star Trails Navajo by Don Childry - SW 523.8 Childrey

Today in New Mexico History: March 16, 1903 — The New Mexico Assembly created Leonard Wood County, named after the former Rough Rider and U.S. Army Chief of Staff, but the public demanded the county be renamed Guadalupe in 1905.
Today in New Mexico History: March 16, 1916 — General John "Black Jack" Pershing led American troops from Columbus, N.M., 400 miles into Mexico in search of Pancho Villa's men who led a raid on the town the week earlier. They eluded his pursuit.

March 17 Today's featured webpage:
History of the Shamrock
from The Holiday Spot
for more see Irish Wit & Wisdom by author - 827.008 Ir

Today in New Mexico History: March 17, 1879 — Governor Lew Wallace and Billy the Kid met in Lincoln on the condition that The Kid testify against others involved in the Lincoln County War in exchange for immunity.

March 18^th Today's featured webpage:
Navajo Sandpaintngs
from Canyon Country Originals
for more see Navajo Sandpaintng Art by Eugene Baatsoslanii Joe - SW 759.1 Joe

Today in New Mexico History: March 18, 1938 — The second Rio Grande Compact is signed in Santa Fe by Colorado, Texas and New Mexico to distribute equal water from the Rio Grande Basin, but New Mexico since has had trouble delivering the quota to Texas.

March 19^th Today's featured webpage:
Rosetta Stone

for more see The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin - J 493.1 Gi

March 20^th Today's featured webpage:
Hoops pre-Naismith

for more see Games of the World Frederic V. Grunfeld (ed.) - 790 Ga

March 21^st Today's featured webpage:
rheumatoid arthritis
from Health Central Network
for more see Coping with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Robert H. Phillips - 616.72 Ph

March 22-23 Weekend's featured webpage:
Battle of Hawikuh
by William K. Hartmann
for more see Coronado, Knight of Pueblos and Plains by Herbert E. Bolton - SW 921 Coronado Bol

Today in New Mexico History: March 22, 1946 — The first American-designed rocket to reach space, the WAC Corporal, climbed to 50 miles after launch from White Sands Proving Ground.
Today in New Mexico History: March 22, 1982 — For the first and only time, the space shuttle Columbia landed at White Sands, its back-up airstrip.
Today in New Mexico History: March 23, 1862 — Confederate forces under General Henry H. Sibley formally took control of Santa Fe.

March 24^th Today's featured webpage:
Susan Hazen-Hammond — New Mexico Poetry
from New Mexico Culture Net
also by her A Short History of Santa Fe by Susan Hazen-Hammond - SW 978.9 Ha

March 25^th Today's featured webpage:
Godzilla

for more see Fabulous Monsters by Marcia Williams - J 398.21 Wi

Today in New Mexico History: March 25, 1999 — First nuclear waste arrives at the Carlsbad Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), more than twenty years after Congressional authorization.

March 26^th Today's featured webpage:
Chiricahua National Monument

for more see Log of an Arizona Trailblazer by J. A. Rockfellow - SW 921 Rockfellow

Today in New Mexico History: March 26, 1886 — Geronimo surrendered to Lieutenant Maus outside of Mud Springs, Arizona, just north of Douglas.

March 27^th Today's featured webpage:
Humor: Surviving life in the workplace

for more of his humor see Never Hit a Jellyfish with a Spade by Guy Browning - 828 Browning

Today in New Mexico History: March 27, 1881 — Billy the Kid wrote his last letter to Governor Lew Wallace, reminding him of their 1879 agreement and asking for help in The Kid's upcoming criminal trial in Mesilla.
Today in New Mexico History: March 27, 1953 — At 7:25 pm, near Mount Taylor, an Air Force F-86 jet fighter at 600 knots saw and chased a bright orange circle flying at 800 knots and executing three fast rolls (Project Bluebook # 2524).

March 28^th Today's featured webpage:
None

Today in New Mexico History: March 26-28, 1862 — Confederate soldiers defeated outnumbered Union troops near Glorieta Pass, but the Union's covert destruction of Rebel supplies in the rear forced the Confederates to retreat to the south.
Today in New Mexico History: March 28, 1881 — Billy the Kid started his journey from Santa Fe to La Mesilla where he would be tried and convicted of killing Sheriff William Brady in 1878.

March 29-30 Weekend's featured webpage:
None

Today in New Mexico History: March 29, 1989 — The Consort 1, the first US private commercial rocket, made a suborbital test flight from White Sands with a payload of scientific experiments.
Today in New Mexico History: March 30, 1609 — Founding of Santa Fe. Viceregal instructions were given to Don Pedro de Peralta to build a presidio and six districts around a plaza. The new settlement was named La Villa Real de Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis. Recently discovered documents, however, suggest that Santa Fe actually might have been founded two years earlier.
Today in New Mexico History: March 30, 1914 — Adolfo Padilla was lynched in Santa Fe. He was facing charges of having brutally beaten and killed his young wife, when he was pulled from the jail by his neighbors and stabbed to death multiple times. This was the last reported lynching in New Mexico, and the first since statehood.
Today in New Mexico History: March 30, 1982 — The space shuttle landed for the first, and so far only, time in New Mexico. The Columbia at White Sands Missile Range landed on the Northrup Strip, renamed later that year as the "White Sands Space Harbor".

March 31^st Today's featured webpage:
Seward's Day
from Americ's Library
for more see Alaska's Wildlife Treasurers by Tom Melham - 599.09 Me

Today in New Mexico History: March 31, 1950 — The town of Hot Springs in Sierra County officially changed its name to Truth or Consequences at the urging of national game show host Ralph Edwards, who sponsored a national contest with incentives to any community in the nation that would change its name to that of his popular game show.

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