Socorro Public Library Archive
Featured webpages" for October 2007

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October 1^st Today's featured webpage:
Banned Books Week
from the American Library Association, for more see Girls lean back everywhere Edward De Grazia - 344.7305 De Grazia

October 2^nd Today's featured webpage:
Chaco Canyon
for more see The Great Houses of Chaco by John M. Campbell - SW 978.9 Campbell

October 3^rd Today's featured webpage:
Las Trampas
for more see The great Taos bank robbery: and other Indian country affairs by Tony Hillerman - SW 917.89 Hil

October 4-5 Weekend featured webpage:
Devil's Tower
for more see Tourbook:Idaho, Montana & Wyoming by author - call number

Today in New Mexico History: October 4, 1821 — The Mexican Congress adopted a constitution patterned after the U.S. charter. A republic of federated states was created, but New Mexico remained a territory, without the right to create its own constitution.
Today in New Mexico History: October 5, 2004 — Socorro was hit by a devastating hail storm just after 2pm with hail as large as baseballs. Millions of dollars in damage was reported from broken windshields and dented car bodies to people being knocked out. The majority of the roofs in town had to be replaced.

October 6^th Today's featured webpage:
Modern Ziggurat
from World Architecture News, for more see Title by author - call number

picture of cowboy on bull coming out of the shoot

October 7^th Today's featured webpage:
Bull Riding
from Kidz World for more see Gold Buckle: The Grand Obsession of Rodeo Bull Riders by Jeff Coplon - 794.8 Co

Today in New Mexico History: October 7, 1870 — R.C. "Clay" Allison led a mob which broke into the jail in Elisabethtown, near Cimarron, and lynched Charles Kennedy, a suspected murderer.
Today in New Mexico History: October 7, 1954 — Severe floods along the Pecos River left seven dead along an eighty-mile stretch in the southeastern part of the state. Hagerman was the hardest hit.

October 8^th Today's featured webpage:
Dinosaurs
from Berkeley, for more see A Field Guide to Dinosaurs by Henry Gee - J 567.9 Gee

Today in New Mexico History: October 8, 1878 — Probate Judge Florencio Gonzales and other Lincoln residents petitioned the governor for protection due to the violent circumstances of the Lincoln County War. Rivaling cattle barons and merchants escalated the economic-turf standoff into a full-fledged range war, which catapulted Billy the Kid into an intriguing international figure.
Today in New Mexico History: October 8, 1937 — The Bitter Lake Wildlife Refuge was created by executive order of President Franklin Roosevelt.

October 9^th Today's featured webpage:
Bull Riding
from Kidz World for more see Gold Buckle: The Grand Obsession of Rodeo Bull Riders by Jeff Coplon - 794.8 Co

October 10^th Today's featured webpage:
African Proverb of the Month
from African Proverbs, Sayings and Storiesfor more see How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? by Julius Lester - J 398.2 Le

Today in New Mexico History: October 10, 1848 — Influential citizens convened in Santa Fe to petition the U.S. Congress for the privilege of organizing a territorial government. Most participants were Hispanics who had served the Mexican regime and were now eager to join the Union.

October 11-13 Columbus Day Weekend featured webpage:
Laboratory of Human Osteology
from the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, for more see The Human Bone Manual by Tim White and Pieter Folkens - R 599.947

Today in New Mexico History: October 11, 1814 — October 11, 1814 — Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy, who ordered many drastic changes in the Roman Catholic Church in New Mexico and the construction of St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe, was born in Lempdes, France.
Today in New Mexico History: October 12, 1888 — Roving dog packs had become a big problem in the mining boom town of Socorro, the Deming Headlight reported that the deputy marshal had killed eighteen dogs in one afternoon.
Today in New Mexico History: October 13, 1903 — The historic Montezuma Hotel west of Las Vegas was sold to the Young Mens' Christian Association for $1. Two prior massive hotels built out of wood in the same area had each burned to the ground before this structure, still standing, was built. Although there were grand plans for the hotels and adjoining hot springs to turn a profit from the vacationing idle rich, the hotel venture was mostly unsuccessful.

October 14^th Today's featured webpage:
The Moon in Folklore and Science
Full Moon on 14 October 2008, moonrise in Socorro at 6:18 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time.
for more see One hundred aspects of the moon: Japanese woodblock prints by Yoshitoshi by Tamara Tjardes - 769.92 Tja

Today in New Mexico History: October 14, 1848 — Local leaders sent a memorial to Congress for a "speedy organization by law of a territorial government" protected from Texas land claims and from the introduction of slavery.

October 15^th Today's featured webpage:
Coronado Trail Scenic Byway
from U.S. Dept. of Transportationfor more see Scenic Driving New Mexico by Laurence Parent - SW 917.89 Scenic

Today in New Mexico History: October 15, 1909 — President William Howard Taft visited the Alvarado Hotel in Albuquerque and later that evening got into sharp debate with citizens who were rallying for statehood.

October 16^th Today's featured webpage:
Origami
for more see Paper Folding for Beginners by William D. Murry and Francis J. Rigney - 736.98 Mu

October 17^th Today's featured webpage:
Lavender Naturally Relaxing
from Healing Yourself Naturally for more see Healing with Herbs and Rituals: A Mexican Tradition by Eliseo Torres - 615.321 Torres

October 18-19 Weekend featured webpage:
White Sands National Monument
from National Parks Servicefor more see White Sands: Wind, Sand and Time by Richard Atkinson - SW 500.9789 Atk

Today in New Mexico History: October 19, 1916 — The first waters of the Rio Grande crossed over the spillway of Elephant Butte Dam. It was authorized in 1905, construction began in 1912 and took four years.

October 20^th Today's featured webpage:
History of the Dollar
for more see The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman - 332.024 Orman

Today in New Mexico History: October 20, 1835 — Manual Sanchez, mayor of Las Trampas, established the Mora land grant. After a boundary survey, he distributed land parcels to some 75 families who mostly settled along the Mora River.
Today in New Mexico History: October 20, 1893 — Socorro National Bank was closed for violation of the national banking laws. It was fully liquidated on July 16, 1894.

October 21^st Today's featured webpage:
The Sheetbend Knot
for more see 40 Knots to Know by Emily Stetson - J 623.88 Ste

October 22^th Today's featured webpage:
The Long March (Oct. 1934 -- Oct. 1936)
by for more see China and Mao Zedong by Jack Dunster - J 951.05 Du

Today in New Mexico History: October 22, 1791 — Pedro de Nava, military commander of the Internal Provinces of New Spain, instructed his captains to distribute some presidio lands to soldiers. Santa Fe was the only community with a presidio in New Mexico.
Today in New Mexico History: October 22, 1913 — A coal dust explosion from an incorrectly set dynamite charge in the Stag Canyon Mine No. 2, in Dawson, Colfax County, left 263 miners dead.

October 23^rd Today's featured webpage:
Changes in hardiness zones 1990-2006
from for more see Sunset Gardening in the Southwest by Sunset editors - SW 635.9 Brenzel

October 24^th Today's featured webpage:
Why leaves change color
for more see The Tree: A Natural History of What Trees Are, How They Live, and Why They Matter by Colin Tudge - 582.16 Tudge

October 25-26 Weekend featured webpage:
New Mexico Photos by New Mexico Photographers
from Flickr for more see Wonderland: a photographer's journey into the Bisti by Eduardo Fuss - SW 779.37 Fus

Today in New Mexico History: October 25, 1861 — Confederate Army Lt. Colonel John R. Baylor requested General H.H. Sibley send more troops to the area because the Mexican population was in favor of the Union and "nothing but a strong force will keep them quiet."

October 27^th Today's featured webpage:
Archery Collecting
for more see The Archer's Bible by Fred Bear - 799.3 Be

picture of Three hoodoos in Bryce Canyon

October 28^th Today's featured webpage:
Hoodoos of Bryce Canyon
from Museum of Unnatural Mystery for more see Frommer's Zion and Bryce National Parks by Frommer - SW 917.924804 Frommer

Today in New Mexico History: October 28, 1880 — President Rutherford B. Hayes arrived in Santa Fe. He was the first sitting president to visit New Mexico and arrived by railroad in Grant County then traveled north by horse-drawn ambulance.

October 29^th Today's featured webpage:
History of the Dollar
for more see The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman - 332.024 Orman

October 30^th Today's featured webpage:
Antonio Manuel Fernández
from Library of Congress for more see Title by author - call number

Today in New Mexico History: October 30, 1875 — R.C. "Clay" Allison led a mob that seized and lynched the new Cimarron Constable, Cruz Vega, who was suspected of involvement in the murder of a Methodist circuit rider.

picture of boy tossing ring at witch's hat target

October 31^st Today's featured webpage:
Fun Halloween Party Games
from Better Homes and Gardens for more see Haunt Your House for Halloween by Cindy Fuller - J 745.594 Fu

Today in New Mexico History: October 31, 1941 - American photographer Ansel Adams took a picture of moonrise over the town of Hernandez that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.

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Featured webpages" for October 2007