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History of Taos, (Taos County) New MexicoOur database does not include an historic photo for Taos, (Taos County) New Mexico, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:Biographical Sketch of Joseph Antonio Joseph Antonio, delegate, was born at Taos, Taos county, New Mexico, Aug. 25, 1846. He received his early education at Lux's academy in Taos, and attended Bishop Lammy's school at Santa F? for two years, when he entered Webster college, Missouri, where he was graduated four years later. He then completed a commercial course, engaged in mercantile pursuits, and became the proprietor of the noted medicinal hot springs at Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. He served as county judge of Taos county for six years, was a member of the territorial legislature for a like period, and he was a state senator when elected territorial delegate to Congress in 1884. He represented his territory in the 49th, 50th, 51st, 52d and 53d congresses as a Democrat. He was defeated in the election of 1894 by Thomas B. Catoon, Republican. |
New Mexico Facts: Taos County Facts: Seat: TaosEstablished: 1852 Formed from: Original County
Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: TAOS, a county forming the N. E. extremity of New Mexico, drained by the Rio Grande and Canadian rivers, and by several tributaries of the Arkansas. The surface in the W. part is mountainous, being traversed by several ranges, continuations of the Rocky mountains. Wheat and Indian corn are the chief productions. In 1850 there were raised, 72,049 bushels of wheat, and 26,633 of corn; the quantity of wheat was the greatest produced by any county of the territory. It contained 11 churches, and 40 pupils attending public schools. Named from the Taosa Indians, a tribe who formerly inhabited this part of the country. Capital, Taos. Population, 9507. The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: TAOS, a post-village, capital of Taos county, New Mexico, is about 12 miles E. of the Rio Grande, and 66 miles nearly due N. from Santa Fe. It is situated in a valley of the same name, one of the most romantic and fertile spots in the territory, being finely watered by several small affluents of the Rio Grande, and surrounded on three sides by lofty mountains. Taos is more properly a collection of small hamlets contiguous to one another than a single village; of these Don Fernandez de Taos is the largest: it contains a church and a school. This place was first settled by a white population about the middle of the last century. Taos is situated 2124 meters above sea level. |