ME-LG. Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New Mexico by Malcolm Ebright. Republished by the Center for Land Grant Studies, Guadalupita, NM 2008. Original published by UNM Press, 1994, first edition out of print. New introduction by Malcolm Ebright and stunning new cover art by Glen Strock including an embossed cloth cover design by Glen Strock. Contains eight case studies of specific land grants, together with background material on the making of Spanish and Mexican land grants and their adjudication by the U.S. Considered the definitive book on New Mexico land grants; used as a text in South Western studies courses. 401 pps.
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ME-RH-WB. The Witches of Abiquiú: the Governor, the Priest, the Genízaro Indians, and the Devil by Malcolm Ebright and Rick Hendricks. UNM Press, 2006. Illustrations by Glen Strock. This is the story of a little-known witchcraft trial that took place at Abiquiú, New Mexico, between 1756 and 1766.

The Abiquiú Genízaro land grant where the witchcraft outbreak occurred was the crown jewel of Governor Vélez Cachupín's plan to achieve peace for the early New Mexican colonists, caught between the Pueblo Indians' resistance to Christianization and raids by nomadic indios bárbaros. Thanks mainly to the governor's strategy, peace was achieved with the Comanches and Utes, the Pueblo Indians retained their religious ceremonies, and the Abiquiú Pueblo land grant survived and flourished.

According to leading New Mexico historian Marc Simmons, "[Ebright and Hendricks] demonstrate masterful detective work, allowing them to produce an authoritative narrative that is as provocative as it is well-grounded." Includes drawings, map, and documents. 360 pp.

ME-SM. Spanish and Mexican Land Grants and the Law. Malcolm Ebright, ed. Sunflower University Press, 1989. Articles about common lands in Spain, New Mexico ejido lands, California ranchos, Pueblo Indian land litigation, the Mora grant, Mexican land law, Hispanic law books, and more. 104 pp.
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JR-AC. Acequia Culture: Water, Land, and Community in the Southwest by José A. Rivera. University of New Mexico Press, 1998. Traces the history of the New Mexico acequia from its old world roots, particularly in Valencia, Spain to present-day acequia disputes. Describes the acequia culture of the Southwest as growing "out of a conservation ethic and a tradition of sharing that should be recognized and preserved in an age of increasing competition for scarce resources." Approximately half the book is made up of important acequia documents from minutes, by-laws, including water-sharing rules and recent court decisions adopting water-sharing customs in the Taos Valley. Index, notes, glossary, maps, and extensive appendices. 269 pp.

EH-FL. Four Legues of Pecos: A Legal History of the Pecos Grant, 1800-1933. By G. Emlen Hall. Albuquerque, UNM Press, 1984. Back in print, this book is one of the best accounts of the myriad and convoluted ways in which land speculators gained control of land grants. Good discussion of Hispanic encroachment on Pueblo lands, court decisions regarding the status of Indians, and the Pueblo Lands Board. Hall gets inside the Santa Fe Ring, naming names and following the money trail. Cloth, issued with no dust jacket, 367 pp.

WdB-RT. River of Traps: A Village Life. By William de Buys, UNM Press. 1990. 64 photos by Alex Harris. Set in the Northern New Mexico village of El Valle on the Las Trampas River, this story recounts the relationship between the writer and photographer, Jacobo Romero, and the land.

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NMHR-761. New Mexico Historical Review. Vol 76. No. 1. Jan 2001. Albuquerque, NM. This newly designed issue contains the following articles:

Sharing the Shortages; Water Litigation and Regulation in Hispanic New Mexico, 1600-1850. Malcolm Ebright.

Contesting History, The Unpublished Manuscripts of Benjamin Reed. Doris Meyer

Tierra Mestiza, Tierra Sagrada; an Indo-Hispano Heritage Reveled. Essay by Enrique Lamarid, Photos by Miguel Gandert.

SC-MC. Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico. By Stanley Crawford, UNM Press, 1993. Beautifully written story of a northern New Mexican community and the acequia that knits it together. 242 pp.

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NMHR-714. New Mexico Historical Review. Vol 71. No 4. Oct 1996. Albuquerque, NM. This special issue covering land grants contains the following articles:

Advocates for the Oppressed; Indians, Genízaros and Their Spanish Advocates in New Mexico, 1700-1786. Malcolm Ebright.

"Designing and Mischievous Individuals"; The Cruzate Grants and the Office of the Surveyor General. Sandra Mathews-Lamb.

A Trail of Tangled Titles; Mining, Land Speculation, and the Dismemberment of the San Antonio de las Huertas Land Grant. Suzanne Forest.

ME-TA. The Tierra Amarilla Land Grant: A History of Chicanery by Malcolm Ebright. Center for Land Grant Studies, 1993. Tells of how the Tierra Amarilla grant was stolen from the pioneering families who first settled the land. Forward by Frank Waters. New introduction contains the latest research on the grant.

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JvN-SM. Spanish and Mexican Land grants in New Mexico and Colorado by John R. and Christine M. Van Ness. Sunflower University, 1980. Articles about the Las Vegas, Embudo, Anton Chico, and Juan Bautista Valdez grants. Many illustrations, maps, document reproductions. 119 pp.

The Center for Land Grant Studies has undertaken the ambitious task of writing short summaries of all 300 or so New Mexico land grants. The summaries cover the history of each grant from the time the grant was made until its adjudication by the Surveyor General and/or the Court of Private Land Claims and its patenting by the United States (if the grant was confirmed).

These summaries are still in draft form, but all contain detailed citations to the basic documents, as well as to secondary sources. Also included is some historical analysis of the events described in these land grant histories. The following Land Grant Histories are currently available (more will be added soon). A sample grant summary, The Truchas Grant, may be viewed on-line in Web format.

CG-CLS. The Cundiyo Grant - made by Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza in 1743.

TG-CLS. The Truchas Grant - made by Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín in 1754.

JJLG-CLS. The Juan José Lobato Grant - made by Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza in 1744.

SMG-CLS. The Sebastian Martín Grant - made by Governor José Chacón Medina Salaza y Villaseñor in 1712.

PQG-CLS. The Pueblo Quemado Grant (no grant documents found).

LTG-CLS. The Las Trampas Grant - made by Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín in 1751.

JBVG-CLS. The Juan Bautista Valdez Grant - made by Governor Joaquín del Real Alencaster in 1807.

FMVG-CLS. The Francisco Montes Vigil Grant - made by Governor Tomás Vélez Cachupín in 1754.

DABCG-CLS. The Doña Ana Bend Colony Grant

AGG-CLS. The Abiquiú Genízaro Grant

GG-CLS. The Galisteo Grant

MCCG-CLS. The Mesilla Civil Colony Grant

OCG-CLS. The Ojo Caliente Grant

AHG-CLS. The Arroyo Hondo Grant

SJCCG-CLS. The San Joaquín/Cañon de Chama Grant

FMVG-CLS. The Tierra Amarilla Grant

GLG-CLS. The Guadalupita Land Grant

SFG-CLS. The Santa Fe Grant

CG-CLS. The Cebolleta Grant

CNG-CLS. The Cristóbal Nieto Grant

SMPG-CLS. The San Marcos Pueblo Grant

EGG-CLS. The Elena Gallegos Grant