James Silas Calhoun: First Governor of New Mexico Territory and First Indian Agent

by Sherry Robinson

Veteran journalist and author Sherry Robinson presents readers with the first full biography of New Mexico's first territorial governor, James Silas Calhoun. Robinson explores Calhoun's early life in Georgia and his military service in the Mexican War and how they led him west. Through exhaustive research Robinson shares Calhoun's story of arriving in New Mexico in 1849--a turbulent time in the region--to serve as its first Indian agent. Inhabitants...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826363059
• ISBN13: 9780826363053
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.0" x 9.2"