Ben Angel
@ben3angel.bsky.social
Writer with a civil engineering background. Born in WA, lived in these states: MI (1989-91), MA (1993-4), AK (1999-2003, 05-6), NM (2007), and international: UA (1994-5), KG (2003-4), AZ (2006-7), PH (2007-8) BY (2008-10, 12-15), AR/CL (2010-2), PL (2015-)
(Roberts died more than a month later. Although Roberts was unlikely to have been Billy the Kid, Mabry’s press ambush prompted Morrison to collaborate with folklorist C. L. Sonnichsen to publish a book presenting Roberts’ case, entitled “Alias, Billy the Kid,” five years later.)
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
(Roberts died more than a month later. Although Roberts was unlikely to have been Billy the Kid, Mabry’s press ambush prompted Morrison to collaborate with folklorist C. L. Sonnichsen to publish a book presenting Roberts’ case, entitled “Alias, Billy the Kid,” five years later.)
#ThisDayIn 1950 (Nov. 29): Lawyer William Vincent Morrison and Brushy Bill Roberts traveled to Santa Fe to meet with Gov. Thomas Mabry. Although the meeting was to be with only historians present and no press, Mabry had arranged for a large number of reporters to be present.
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#ThisDayIn 1950 (Nov. 29): Lawyer William Vincent Morrison and Brushy Bill Roberts traveled to Santa Fe to meet with Gov. Thomas Mabry. Although the meeting was to be with only historians present and no press, Mabry had arranged for a large number of reporters to be present.
#ThisDayIn 1914 (Nov. 29): US President Woodrow Wilson named a strike board for Colorado to prevent future unrest like that of the Colorado Coalfields War.
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#ThisDayIn 1914 (Nov. 29): US President Woodrow Wilson named a strike board for Colorado to prevent future unrest like that of the Colorado Coalfields War.
#ThisDayIn 1902 (Nov. 29): The Albuquerque Daily Citizen reported: “Sen. Beveridge has telegraphed to Dr. Sloan at Santa Fe that the Senate Committee on Territories will make adverse report on the omnibus bill. There will be a minority report in favor of the bill.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
#ThisDayIn 1902 (Nov. 29): The Albuquerque Daily Citizen reported: “Sen. Beveridge has telegraphed to Dr. Sloan at Santa Fe that the Senate Committee on Territories will make adverse report on the omnibus bill. There will be a minority report in favor of the bill.”
#ThisDayIn 1882 (Nov. 29): The Santa Fe New Mexican reported: “Felix Martinez, who conferred with Mr. William Whitney and then is supposed to have swung the New Mexico delegation into line for Cleveland at Chicago, is here (in Santa Fe) on the Democratic roundup today.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 AM
#ThisDayIn 1882 (Nov. 29): The Santa Fe New Mexican reported: “Felix Martinez, who conferred with Mr. William Whitney and then is supposed to have swung the New Mexico delegation into line for Cleveland at Chicago, is here (in Santa Fe) on the Democratic roundup today.”
#ThisDayIn 1880 (Nov. 29): A new posse of 20 men were led from Roswell by Pat Garrett (left) and Bob Olinger (right) in search of Billy the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson, suspected to be at Dan Dedrick’s Bosque Grande Ranch. Special Agent Azariah Wild was among the riders.
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
#ThisDayIn 1880 (Nov. 29): A new posse of 20 men were led from Roswell by Pat Garrett (left) and Bob Olinger (right) in search of Billy the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson, suspected to be at Dan Dedrick’s Bosque Grande Ranch. Special Agent Azariah Wild was among the riders.
#ThisDayIn 1806 (Nov. 29): Zebulon Pike returned from climbing Mount Rosa (el. 11,499 feet), where he sighted the peak that later carries his name (he never actually climbed Pikes Peak). He was searching for the source of the Arkansas River.
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
#ThisDayIn 1806 (Nov. 29): Zebulon Pike returned from climbing Mount Rosa (el. 11,499 feet), where he sighted the peak that later carries his name (he never actually climbed Pikes Peak). He was searching for the source of the Arkansas River.
#ThisDayIn 1920 (Nov. 28): The Albuquerque Journal reported from Las Vegas, NM: “Statistics furnished by the fire departments show that the fire loss in Greater Las Vegas last year was $5,760, which is remarkably small for a city (agglomeration) of 10,000 people.”
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
#ThisDayIn 1920 (Nov. 28): The Albuquerque Journal reported from Las Vegas, NM: “Statistics furnished by the fire departments show that the fire loss in Greater Las Vegas last year was $5,760, which is remarkably small for a city (agglomeration) of 10,000 people.”
#ThisDayIn 1911 (Nov. 28): After Mexican President Francisco I. Madero delayed action on land reform, Emiliano Zapata denounced his former ally and declared the Plan de Ayala. It effectively became “Sacred Scripture” for the Zapatista Movement across Mexico.
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
#ThisDayIn 1911 (Nov. 28): After Mexican President Francisco I. Madero delayed action on land reform, Emiliano Zapata denounced his former ally and declared the Plan de Ayala. It effectively became “Sacred Scripture” for the Zapatista Movement across Mexico.
#ThisDayIn 1907 (Nov. 28): On Thanksgiving Day, Martin Gonzales y Blea (nicknamed “El Moro”) was released at the end of his sentence for crimes committed while part of Vicente Silva’s gang.
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
#ThisDayIn 1907 (Nov. 28): On Thanksgiving Day, Martin Gonzales y Blea (nicknamed “El Moro”) was released at the end of his sentence for crimes committed while part of Vicente Silva’s gang.
#ThisDayIn 1876 (Nov. 28): Porfirio Diaz overran the Mexican capital, deposing President Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. He soon became one of Mexico’s most renowned authoritarian presidents.
November 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
#ThisDayIn 1876 (Nov. 28): Porfirio Diaz overran the Mexican capital, deposing President Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. He soon became one of Mexico’s most renowned authoritarian presidents.
#ThisDayIn 1863 (Nov. 28): Jose Antonio Laureano de Zubiria y Escalante, Bishop of Durango, passed away at age 72 in the Cave of the Bishop (del Obispo) on the Hacienda de Cacaria in Durango Estado. He had been exiled for more than three years at the time during the second French invasion of Mexico.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 AM
#ThisDayIn 1863 (Nov. 28): Jose Antonio Laureano de Zubiria y Escalante, Bishop of Durango, passed away at age 72 in the Cave of the Bishop (del Obispo) on the Hacienda de Cacaria in Durango Estado. He had been exiled for more than three years at the time during the second French invasion of Mexico.
#ThisDayIn 1838 (Nov. 28): The French fleet bombarded San Juan de Ulua and seized both the fortress and the adjacent city of Veracruz. This was the opening round of the so-called Pastry War (named for the casus belli – a pastry shop owned by a Frenchman being “ransacked” in a riot near Mexico City).
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
#ThisDayIn 1838 (Nov. 28): The French fleet bombarded San Juan de Ulua and seized both the fortress and the adjacent city of Veracruz. This was the opening round of the so-called Pastry War (named for the casus belli – a pastry shop owned by a Frenchman being “ransacked” in a riot near Mexico City).
Today, Nov. 27, marks the one year mark for my #ThisDayIn posts. These posts were collected together in one 2500 page document that I had been compiling on my family history, and the family histories of Vincente Silva and Telesfora Sandoval, as it relates to the history of New Mexico.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today, Nov. 27, marks the one year mark for my #ThisDayIn posts. These posts were collected together in one 2500 page document that I had been compiling on my family history, and the family histories of Vincente Silva and Telesfora Sandoval, as it relates to the history of New Mexico.
#ThisDayIn 1899 (Nov. 27): Landscape gardener Ernest Fritz August (E.F.A.) Reinisch, later of Topeka, employed a dozen men to lay sod at the recently finished Hotel Castaneda in Las Vegas, NM, opened during the Rough Rider Reunion earlier in the year.
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#ThisDayIn 1899 (Nov. 27): Landscape gardener Ernest Fritz August (E.F.A.) Reinisch, later of Topeka, employed a dozen men to lay sod at the recently finished Hotel Castaneda in Las Vegas, NM, opened during the Rough Rider Reunion earlier in the year.
#ThisDayIn 1880 (Nov. 27): Before dawn, a thirteen-man posse from White Oaks led by Will Hudgens and Constable Tom Longworth surround the Greathouse-Kuch way station, reported as the hideaway of outlaws Billy the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
#ThisDayIn 1880 (Nov. 27): Before dawn, a thirteen-man posse from White Oaks led by Will Hudgens and Constable Tom Longworth surround the Greathouse-Kuch way station, reported as the hideaway of outlaws Billy the Kid, Dave Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson.
(A letter left for J. H. (Doc) Holliday (center) as an advertised letter in the Las Vegas NM post office seemed to indicate he had already left for Arizona, where Wyatt Earp (left) and his brother Virgil (right) had been commissioned as Deputy Marshals in Tucson. They soon settle again in Prescott.)
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
(A letter left for J. H. (Doc) Holliday (center) as an advertised letter in the Las Vegas NM post office seemed to indicate he had already left for Arizona, where Wyatt Earp (left) and his brother Virgil (right) had been commissioned as Deputy Marshals in Tucson. They soon settle again in Prescott.)
#ThisDayIn 1868 (Nov. 27): Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, leading a Fort Dodge-based column of 800 men from the Seventh Cavalry, attacked a Cheyenne winter encampment at the Washita River in the far west of Indian Territory.
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
#ThisDayIn 1868 (Nov. 27): Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, leading a Fort Dodge-based column of 800 men from the Seventh Cavalry, attacked a Cheyenne winter encampment at the Washita River in the far west of Indian Territory.
#ThisDayIn 1823 (Nov. 27): National elections were held across Mexico for the Congressional representatives who would craft a new constitution the following year.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#ThisDayIn 1823 (Nov. 27): National elections were held across Mexico for the Congressional representatives who would craft a new constitution the following year.
#ThisDayIn 1943 (Nov. 26): Rev. Joseph Pugens, parish priest, died at age 63. Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne came out to officiate at his funeral at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Las Vegas. He was buried in the churchyard.
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
#ThisDayIn 1943 (Nov. 26): Rev. Joseph Pugens, parish priest, died at age 63. Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne came out to officiate at his funeral at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Las Vegas. He was buried in the churchyard.
#ThisDayIn 1907 (Nov. 26): Gov. George Curry arrived at Santa Fe and was met by a welcoming crowd at the station. He returned with a lot of enthusiasm for the cause of statehood. Gov. Curry reported: “Judge Albert B. Fall resigned over a month ago as Attorney General of the Territory…”)
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#ThisDayIn 1907 (Nov. 26): Gov. George Curry arrived at Santa Fe and was met by a welcoming crowd at the station. He returned with a lot of enthusiasm for the cause of statehood. Gov. Curry reported: “Judge Albert B. Fall resigned over a month ago as Attorney General of the Territory…”)
(Also: “The very Rev. (Arch)Bishop (Placide Louis) Chappelle, coadjutor of Santa Fe, went to the eastern States where he attended a conference of Archbishops. Before returning to New Mexico, he will go beyond the blue sea to visit Rome in December.”)
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
(Also: “The very Rev. (Arch)Bishop (Placide Louis) Chappelle, coadjutor of Santa Fe, went to the eastern States where he attended a conference of Archbishops. Before returning to New Mexico, he will go beyond the blue sea to visit Rome in December.”)
#ThisDayIn 1892 (Nov. 26): Democrat newspaper La Voz del Pueblo in Las Vegas, NM, reported: “Everyone is celebrating the latest election results. They are quite appropriate responses to the administration of the wise statesman Grover Cleveland…”
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
#ThisDayIn 1892 (Nov. 26): Democrat newspaper La Voz del Pueblo in Las Vegas, NM, reported: “Everyone is celebrating the latest election results. They are quite appropriate responses to the administration of the wise statesman Grover Cleveland…”
#ThisDayIn 1891 (Nov. 26): As announced in “La Voz del Pueblo” of Las Vegas, NM, Camilo Padilla, editor of “La Gaceta de Mora” and former Washington DC correspondent for “La Voz,” began publishing “El Mosquito”, a staunchly independent Spanish-language periodical of his own in that same town.
November 27, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#ThisDayIn 1891 (Nov. 26): As announced in “La Voz del Pueblo” of Las Vegas, NM, Camilo Padilla, editor of “La Gaceta de Mora” and former Washington DC correspondent for “La Voz,” began publishing “El Mosquito”, a staunchly independent Spanish-language periodical of his own in that same town.
(Further afield, a party of railroad officials went from Topeka to Paso del Norte in Mexico by rail upon the line’s completion. On the Mexican side, only 17 miles of track had been laid from the border town toward Chihuahua - this stretch would just clear the aduana checkpoint south of town today.)
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
(Further afield, a party of railroad officials went from Topeka to Paso del Norte in Mexico by rail upon the line’s completion. On the Mexican side, only 17 miles of track had been laid from the border town toward Chihuahua - this stretch would just clear the aduana checkpoint south of town today.)