Tag: Spain

First Thanksgiving, El Paso, Texas, 1598 One settler wrote about their Thanksgiving festival: On 30 April 1598, day of the Ascension of our Lord, at this Rio del Norte, …

Notary with Conquistador Oñate, New Mexico 1598 On April 30, 1598, near present-day El Paso, Texas, Conquistador Juan de Oñate claimed all the land north of the Rio Grande …

Notary with Christopher Columbus 1492 On October 12th, 1492, Rodrigo de Escobedo of Segovia was the first notary in North America.  He sailed on the flagship Santa Maria, as …