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Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2013

Abstract

Although the Armendáriz surname is uncommon in New Mexico today, the Armendáriz family was important in New Mexico during the early to mid-1800s, with key political, diplomatic, and social links to Texas; California; Washington, D.C.; and Mexico. The lives of the Armendárizes attest to the long and constant movement of people, trade, and politics along El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro (the Royal Road of the Interior) and to theformation of a binational region. From Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the El Paso/Ciudad Juárez border and Chihuahua City to Mexico City, the Armendáriz family legacy demonstrates that New Mexico has never been completely isolated from the larger history, national formation, or culture of Mexico. This article recounts five generations of Armendárizes to explore how one New Mexico family helped shape a transnational border region in the Mexican North and American Southwest.

Publication Title

New Mexico Historical Review

Keywords

New Mexico history; Chihuahua history, transnational research; political history; US / Mexico relations; US Southwest history

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