Historical Society New Mexico: No; 24, the Story of the Conquest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Building of Old Fort Margy, A. D. 1846 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Historical Society New Mexico: No; 24, the Story of the Conquest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the Building of Old Fort Margy, A. D. 1846
This paper has been prepared rather hurriedly, as the text will disclose, in the hope that its perusal may inspire a number of our loyal citizens with a desire to participate financially in the restoration of one of the most notable military landmarks of the great southwest – Old Fort Marcy; built in 1846 upon an eminence immediately adjacent on the northeast to the old Spanish Presidio in New Mexico’s capital, known in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, and mentioned in all the ancient archives of the “Kingdom of New Mexico” as the “Casas Reales” (Royal Houses) and “El Palaeio Real” (Royal Palace).
The site of this landmark in the progress of civilization from the Missouri to the Pacific, now the property of Hon. L. Bradford Prince and Mrs. Mary C. Prince, has been most generously tendered by them to the public for park and commemorative purposes, upon certain conditions always contemplated and provided for in donations of similar character, viz.: That the site shall always be used for the purposes mentioned and that certain improvements and installations be made within a reasonable period.
This magnificent gift to posterity presents more than mere local appeal. It is of state and nationwide importance. No single spot in the great southwest is more replete, in tradition, legend or recorded historical event, in the interest which envelops this landmark in the story of American sovereignty. In a land where every mile marks a monument in the history of the country, where every stone has its story, every place its legend, every trail its tradition; some of the days of the Spanish Conquerors, some of the Franciscan Martyrs, others of Indian, Spanish or Mexican rule, the site of Old Fort Marcy rises uppermost in the hearts of all patriotic citizens as the sacred spot upon which was constructed by the American government its first military establishment for the protection of American interests arising under the conquest of Santa Fe and all the areas reaching from the Arkansas to the Pacific Coast.
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