Lecture Series On the Road: History and Policymaking in Territorial Colorado 1861-1876
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ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Virginia Sánchez will explain how and why New Mexico lost its northern territory when the U.S. Congress created Colorado Territory in 1861. She will also discuss the political obstacles, cultural conflicts, and prejudice experienced by Hispano representatives to the Colorado Territorial Legislature, and how the lives of 7,000 Spanish-speaking, U.S. citizens were impacted by this congressional act.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Virginia Sánchez is a historian and author from Denver. She has presented her research to audiences of the Western Historical Society, New Mexico Historical Society, Pikes Peak Posse of the Westerners, and various Colorado museums and genealogical societies. Her articles have appeared in Colorado Heritage, Colorado Water, the New Mexico Historical Review, and New Mexico Magazine. In 2019, one of her co-authored articles, published by the New Mexico Historical Review, received an award for best article of the year. She is the author of "Pleas and Petitions: Hispano Culture and Legislative Conflict in Territorial Colorado," published by the University of Colorado Press in 2020. Last year she received a Fellowship from the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies at Colorado College and a research grant from the New Mexico Historical Society.
