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Welcome back to El Morro National Monument, Ranger John here with you once again for another signature Sunday short and today I want to talk with you about the description of mister Juan de Archuleta. Now Archuleta is a pretty interesting individual for a number of reasons, probably most importantly for us today, a lot of Rangers will have a family of Mister Archuleta still come back in to to come out and see his inscription here at El Morro an amazing to see those folks some 400 years later able to come and see. Ancestors name right here on the side of our rock. Now, Archuleta an interesting individual. His father was actually one of the original settlers, original Spanish settlers, into this area. Maybe, crossing the Rio Grande with Don Juan de Onate back in 1598. Juan de Archuleta himself was actually born over in San Gabriel, New Mexico, probably around 1602. Eventually his travels as a soldier would lead him out here to El Morro and his Inscription behind me is translated as follows. We sergeant major and captain Juan de Archuleta and Adjunct Diego Martin Barba and Ensign Agustin de Ynojos passed by here in the year, 1636. They may have been out here in this area chasing after Apache or they may have actually been spreading Catholicism out to the southwest of Zuni. After making his way by here in El Morro, in 1641, Juan de Archuleta would eventually lead the first Spanish expedition into Colorado. On to 1642 Juan de. Archuleta was actually involved in a plot to kill the governor of the state of New Mexico. The gentleman, who actually carried out the murder was a man by the name of Ortiz, who claimed that the governor actually impregnated his wife while he was away but eventually several others were executed for the plot to kill the governor. Including Juan Archuleta, right in the square in Santa Fe on July 21 of 1643. Just another of the amazing layers of history that we have here at El Morro National Monument.

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2 minutes, 14 seconds

Juan de Archeluta was beheaded in the square in Santa Fe, NM for a plot against the governor. Learn about this layer of El Morro's history. Video Description - A ranger sits on a fence in front of the sandstone face of El Morro and a high Spanish inscription.

 

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Welcome back to El Morro National monument. Ranger Connie here with a Signature Sunday short. On Wednesday, August 26th, we'll commemorate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted and protected women's right to vote. It was the largest expansion of democracy in our nation's history. And as we look back on the women who fought to make that possible, I'd like to tell you a tale. Of the arduous and amorous adventures of Amelia and America, the first women that we know of who left their names on inscription Rock. Gillum Baley left Missouri with his family headed west in April of 1858 along with him were his daughters, America and Amelia. Along the way, he hooked up with another wagon train, this one led by a guy named. LJ Rose, figuring there was safety in numbers. Now, as they arrived in Albuquerque, the Rose Baley wagon train heard of a new route West that would shave off considerable time from their trip. Despite disagreement among some members of the group about taking a new relatively untried route, Rose and Baley agreed to try the recently mapped way along the thirty-fifth parallel. They arrived to El Morro on July 8 of 1858, and on that date, members of the group left their marks on Inscription Rock. Among those were Amelia and America. When they proceeded along to the Colorado River, all was well until they were ambushed. just before they were going to cross into California. The survivors returned to Albuquerque, where they spent the winter. For the Baley sisters, leaving their signatures here at El Morro may not have been the only highlight of their trip for during that cold winter in Albuquerque, love blossomed. America fell for the wheel right of the wagon train, August Block. Her older sister Amelia fell in love with William Krug, the carpenter. Now, Gillen Baley was none too happy with the girl's choices. He was a Methodist minister and not only did he know that the boys were of German extraction, but he also thought that they likely were Catholic. The Baley sisters persevered, however. But they learned a lesson -- that the road to true love, like the road West, was long. They walked twenty miles to the nearest Presbyterian mission to tie the knot. Gillum Bailey must have reconciled with his daughter's, however, because the next year they all arrived safely in California, The newly weds settled down. But after only 5 years, America's husband died. She did remarry. And she and her second husband ran a hotel in Toll House California for many years. Amelia, on the other hand, moved with her husband eventually to Brazil, where William Krug became a well-known architect. I'd like to think that maybe the romance, budded right here at El Morro, I can only imagine maybe the girls asked the boys to help them incise their names into the sandstone. We'll never know actually. It's just another mystery hidden here in the layers of history at El Morro. What we do know is it took a lot of grit, perseverance, and pioneering spirit for women like the Baley sisters as they went along new roads West full of hopes and dreams. So this week, as we commemorate the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, let's think back on those women from pioneers to suffragettes who left their mark on history and paved the way for the way of life we enjoy today.

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4 minutes, 17 seconds

The Baley sisters where a determined pair who walked 30 miles to get married on their trip west. Video Description - A Ranger stands in front of a split rail fence and a juniper tree near the sandstone face of El Morro.