Roundup: September 9, 2015
Almansor Court – 700 S. Almansor, Alhambra, CA
Social Hour: 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Speaker: Jerry Selmer
Subject: The Penitentes of New Mexico
In the years following the Mexican Rebellion (1821), the Spanish priesthood was expelled from all of New Spain. In the faraway wilderness of Northern New Mexico, small villages wished to keep their perception of the Catholic faith. Religious groups formed without the direct guidance of the Church, resulting in zealous religious cults that called themselves Penitentes. These groups carry their religious practices to an extreme that is unknown to most of us. In tonight’s program, Jerry Selmer will give us an overview of how these practices blossomed ant how they may be seen from a outsider’s perspective. Come join us to learn about this unusual piece of history from the American Southwest.
Jerry Selmer is a 40-year member of the Los Angeles Corral and served as Sheriff in 1985. During his long public service career, he was appointed Executive Director of the Southwest Museum and served in that capacity from 1989 through 1992.
John Selmer
Deputy Sheriff
Sittin’ Around the Campfire
Corral News
Dinner Reservations
Dinners cost $35 each and the reservation deadline is September 4, 2015. Late reservations can be accepted, but you will not be able to choose your entrée and you will pay $40. Please mail your reservation and your check—payable to “Westerners, Los Angeles Corral”—to Jim Macklin, Keeper of the Chips, 1221 Greenfield Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006-4148 626-446-6411. You may also call Jim Shuttleworth, Registrar of Marks and Brands at 909-595-6655 with questions or late reservations.
PAYPAL is now available
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Upcoming Roundup Speakers & Programs
October 17, 2015………………………….. Rendezvous, Rubel Castle, Glendora
November 11, 2015…………………………Eric Nelson, San Joaquin River Delta
December 9, 2015…………………………..Juan Colato, Wells Fargo Fakes
January 13, 2016……………………………Brian Dervin Dillon, The Modoc War
Book Reviews
Three books have arrived for review in the Branding Iron. If you would like to review one of them, please email Abe Hoffman at hoffmanaz@gmail.com. First come, first served. The books are:
AMERICAN MYTHMAKER: Walter Noble Burns and the Legends of Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Joaquin Murrieta, by Mark J. Dworkin. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. 269pp. Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Hardbound, $29.95.
CLYDE WARRIOR: Tradition, Community, and Red Power by Paul R. McKenzie-Jones. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. 234 pp. Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Hardbound, $29.95.
GRIZZLY WEST: A Failed Attempt to Reintroduce Grizzly Bears in the Mountain West, by Michael J. Dax. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. 289 pp. Illustrations, Notes, Bibliography, Index. Hardbound, $37.50.
Roundup: August 12, 2015
Almansor Court – 700 S. Almansor, Alhambra, CA
Social Hour: 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Speaker: Nat Read
Subject: The Story of early Los Angeles the man who molded it
Please join us this August 12th for a fascinating presentation about one of the most colourful and important people from our local Southern California history. Author Nat Read will surely delight the Corral with his insightful knowledge regarding Don Benito Wilson, truly a person of great importance in the history of this area.
Benjamin Davis “Don Benito” Wilson, 1811-1878, (namesake of Mount Wilson) molded Los Angeles in its late Mexican and early U.S. history. A mountain man and Alta California ranchero, he led U.S. Army troops in the first local battle of the Mexican War, set up U.S. government here, and was the second mayor of Los Angeles. Additionally, he also served as a Los Angeles County supervisor, and was elected to three terms of the California State Senate. He was president of the first local railroad and, with Phineas Banning, formed the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor. He founded the predecessor college of USC and owned Beverly Hills, UCLA, Wilmington, Santa Monica, Pasadena, and large parts of downtown Los Angeles.
John Selmer
Deputy Sheriff
Roundup: July 8, 2015
Almansor Court – 700 S. Almansor, Alhambra, CA
Social Hour: 5:00 PM
Dinner: 6:00 PM
Speaker: Michael M. Brescia
Subject: The Living Legacies of Spain in the North American West: Law, Natural Resources, and International Treaties in the Borderlands
Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D., Associate Curator of Ethnohistory at the Arizona State Museum and Associate Professor of History at the University of Arizona and this year’s Autry Fellowship recipient examines the role of Spanish water rights in the American Southwest in light of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase. As the drought enters its second decade in most of the West, common law understandings of natural resources compete with U.S. treaty obligations that have obliged the judicial system to adjudicate certain water and land disputes under the old laws of Spain and Mexico. The talk will also examine the manner in which the two treaties protect natural resources that had been recognized as property rights when the Southwest was part of Mexico’s far northern frontier.
Dr. Brescia is a specialist in Mexican and Borderlands history and has served as a consultant and expert witness in several water rights cases in Arizona and New Mexico. He is the co-author of two books as well as numerous articles and essays. He also has served as lead curator of three museum exhibitions that have examined the links between Mexican and U.S. history.
John Selmer
Deputy Sheriff
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