Robert J. Tórrez

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Robert J. Tórrez is an independent historian who served as the New Mexico state historian from 1987 until his retirement in December 2000. He has published six books on a broad spectrum of New Mexico history topics and contributed to nearly two dozen anthologies, including a recent New Mexico history textbook for use in New Mexico schools. His books include UFOs Over Galisteo and Other Stories of New Mexico’s History and Myth of the Hanging Tree: Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico (both from UNM Press) as well as Rio Arriba: A New Mexico County and New Mexico’s Wicked City and Other True Stories of New Mexico History.

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Books by Robert J. Tórrez

Amados Compatriotas

And Other Stories from New Mexico's Mexican Period, 1821-1846

By Robert J. Tórrez

Former New Mexico State Historian Robert J. Tórrez draws from the marvelous treasure trove of primary documentation in New Mexico’s Mexican-era archives to bring to light this little-known but crucial period in the state’s history.

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Myth of the Hanging Tree

Stories of Crime and Punishment in Territorial New Mexico