Colleen Murrah

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@Aragon10P I found the history of the rough riders fascinating.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@TKotlisky A very long time!

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@Kim03895036 Yes! It's difficult to imagine them dealing with these problems.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@Aragon10P New Mexico's law history is very interesting! It covers many diverse issues.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@MorganC47231257 That would be a huge and even more diverse state!

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

New Mexico was investigated from 1907-1909 for land fraud as to way to try to show New Mexico’s peoples corrupt character. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

An issue with New Mexico becoming a state of the Union had to do with political issues of what kind of votes would be added to the Senate. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

Captain Luna of the Rough Riders was instrumental in ensuring New Mexico’s statehood. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

New Mexico rough riders would take their oath at the Santa Fe Plaza. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

These cowboys were responsible in liberating Cuba. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

Rough Rider recruits need to have excellent shooting and riding skills as well as be fearless. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

Rough Riders were a cowboy calvary all over the southwest. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

In the years following the American Civil War black people suffered a stressful time of poverty and hatred especially once the protection of Union soldiers left. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

Blackdom was the first exclusively all negro settlement in New Mexico. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

Blackdom was settled in the plains of New Mexico in early 1900’s. #nmhist

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@JasonAr69332621 Yes, he was a terrible person to give that kind of power to.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@arby_40 Yes, this is an aspect that I had not considered.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@Aragon10P Yeah, it’s interesting to seep all these histories collide.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@IsaiahM37544144 It’s incredible to see how long New Mexicans resisted the expansion.

[Colleen Murrah @MurrahColleen]

@TKotlisky Yes, it’s intriguing to read about him since he’s labeled an outlaw.