Monthly Archives: March 2021

Marking NM’s Historic Women: Mary Ann Deming Crocker

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Photo Credit: Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Harvey House depot hotel, Deming, New Mexico
Date: 1893
Negative Number 013840

Mary Ann Deming Crocker (1829-1889) “Namesake of Deming”

Born in 1827, Mary Ann Deming was married to Charles Crocker, one of the founders of the Central Pacific Railroad. A “silver spike” was driven here in 1881 that commemorated connecting the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads, and signaled completion of the nation’s second transcontinental railroad. The new settlement was christened Deming in Mary’s honor for her generosity and benevolence to many charitable causes for the poor.

Roadside Marker Location: Luna County, US Hwy 180

You can view a county by county list of the Historic Women Mile Markers in this pdf.

March is Women’s History Month. During this month we’ll be highlighting some of the women featured on New Mexico’s Historic Women Roadside Markers. Text provided by our colleagues at New Mexico Historic Preservation Division

Marking NM’s Historic Women: The Women of Shakespeare

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A view of 3 adobe buildings with peaked rooves with at flat bed wagon in the foreground.
Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Abandoned railroad tracks and buildings in Shakespeare, New Mexico
Creator: New Mexico Tourism Bureau
Date: 1950 – 1960?
Negative Number: HP.2007.20.508

Women of Shakespeare: Emma Marble Muir (1873–1959), Rita Wells Hill (1901–1985), Janaloo Hill Hough (1939–2005)

Emma Marble Muir arrived at the mining town of Shakespeare in 1882. She and her daughter, Rita Wells Muir, learned to appreciate and preserve the town’s history. Rita and her husband bought Shakespeare as part of their ranch in 1935. Rita passed the ranch to her daughter, Janaloo Hill Hough. Janaloo and her husband continued fighting for the history and preservation of Shakespeare. Investing their own resources, they rebuilt some of the buildings destroyed by a fire in 1997. Without the dedication of this mother, daughter and granddaughter, the ghost town of Shakespeare would not exist today.

Roadside Marker Location: Hidalgo County, I-10, Mile Marker 20

You can view a county by county list of the Historic Women Mile Markers in this pdf.

You can view a map of the Historic Women Mile Markers at www.nmhistoricwomen.org

March is Women’s History Month. During this month we’ll be highlighting some of the women featured on New Mexico’s Historic Women Roadside Markers. Text provided by our colleagues at New Mexico Historic Preservation Division

From the Collection

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NMHM/DCA 11731.45

A black, alpaca wool jacket with velvet and rick-rack trim around the neckline and along the shoulders, c. 1904-1913.
This object represents one type of merchandise sold in a general store on the plaza in Chimayo, NM that was owned by Victor Ortega and later his son, Ben. Victor Ortega was heavily involved in the community. He was also a notary public, a postmaster, participated in the 1st constitutional convention of NM and also acted as the director of the local school and served as a probate judge.

Read more about Victor Ortega in this Spring 2012 El Palacio article titled “Don Victor Ortega.“
NMHM/DCA 11731.45

Marking NM’s Historic Women: Katherine Stinson Otero

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A woman sitting in the open cockpit of a bi-wing airplane. A man standing next to the plane is handing a woman a bag.
Photo Credit: Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Aviator Katherine Stinson Otero on airmail route, Calgary, Canada
Photographer: W. V. Ring
Date: July 9, 1918
Negative Number 047669

Katherine Stinson Otero (1891-1977)

Katherine was the fourth American woman to earn a pilot’s license and the first female skywriter. She overcame pioneering aviator Max Lillie’s reluctance to teach her to fly, and became the “Flying Schoolgirl,” nicknamed for her youthful looks, small stature, and derring-do. Katherine marveled spectators, rolling her plane, skywriting at night with flares attached to its wings, and maneuvering risky loop-the-loops. With her family she founded the Stinson Aviation Company, designed aircraft, and operated a flight school. She was the first aviatrix to fly the Orient and set a record in 1917 for the longest West Coast solo flight.

Roadside Marker Location: Santa Fe County, US Hwy 284

You can view a county by county list of the Historic Women Mile Markers in this pdf.

March is Women’s History Month. During this month we’ll be highlighting some of the women featured on New Mexico’s Historic Women Roadside Markers. Text provided by our colleagues at New Mexico Historic Preservation Division.

You can view the locations of the Historic Women on a map interface at NMHistoricWomen.org

Marking NM’s Historic Women: María “Concha” Concepión Ortiz y Pino de Kleven

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Photo Credit: Palace of the Governors Photo Archives
Concha Ortiz y Pino de Kleven and Sheepherder With Caracul Lambs
Jose Ortiz y Pino Ranch, Galisteo, New Mexico – 1939
Photo By: New Mexico Tourist Bureau
Negative #059021

Photos from Fray Angélico Chávez History Library’s postin Timeline PhotosFray Angélico Chávez History LibraryLike This Page · March 1 ·  
María “Concha” Concepción Ortiz y Pino de Kleven (1910–2006)

“Concha” was a rancher and the first female Majority Whip of a state legislature in the nation. She helped implement legislation for women’s rights, the handicapped, and bilingual education and also championed the arts and Hispanic culture. She served on sixty local and national boards helping to improve the lives of others. Vista Magazine honored her as “Latina of the Century” in 1999.

Roadside Marker Location: Torrance County, US Hwy 285, Mile Marker 254.6

March is Women’s History Month. During this month we’ll be highlighting some of the women featured on New Mexico’s Historic Women Roadside Markers. Text provided by our colleagues at New Mexico Historic Preservation Division

You can view the locations of the Historic Women on a map interface at NMHistoricWomen.org

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