This Day In New Mexico History - January 27

On this day in New Mexico history - January 27, 1838 - the final battle of the was known as The Revolt of 1837, also known as the Chimayó Rebellion - was fought under the guidance of three term governor Manuel Armijo who ended up technically the last Mexican Governor of New Mexico when the United States took over ten years later. The rebellion started in August 1837 when disaffected residents of the northern part of New Mexico assassinated then Governor Albino Pérez and took over the state. Many people in the southern part opposed the new government. Former governor Manuel Armijo, who was born in Albuquerque, lead a counterrevolution. In the fall of 1837 he marched to Santa Fe and declared himself governor. Armijo wrote to the Mexican government requesting federal troops. Those troops from Veracruz, Mexico arrived in early January 1838. A few weeks later the rebellion flared up again and Armijo led the force that defeated the rebels at Pojoaque. Of note: when the American forces ten years later came to New Mexico Armijo did not fight them and ended up living the rest of his life in Limitar, NM which is six miles north of Socorro, NM

This Day In New Mexico History - January 27