We hope to see you at our meeting Saturday, April 12, 2025.
Lunch: 12:00 NOON
Presentation: 1:00 P.M.
PROGRAM:
One of the Coolest & Bravest Men in the Southwestern Country”: Estevan Ochoa, Hispanic-American Entrepreneur of Arizona & New Mexico
Summary: Estevan Ochoa, best known as a partner of the well-known firm of Tully, Ochoa & Company, from 1852 to 1888 played an integral role in the rapid development of territorial New Mexico and Arizona, interacting with such historical figures as Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Bishop Salpointe, Gov. Safford, and many more.
PRESENTER: Dawn Moore Santiago
Dawn Moore Santiago is a semi-retired freelance editor and indexer. She has served as a board member of the Historical Society of New Mexico and was its Publications Editor. She was served as curator of the Tularosa Basin Historical Society in Alamogordo, New Mexico. She also worked as an assistant editor for the Journal of Arizona History. She is a co-author and the designer of The Heart of Las Cruces: History of St. Genevieve’s Church. She received her B.A. and M.A. in History and Museum Studies from the University of Arizona. Her area of research mainly involves banking and business history in the Southwest. After 20 years in New Mexico, she and her husband, Mark, returned to their home state of Arizona in 2021 and currently live just outside of Bisbee.
LOCATION: Tucson Medical Center’s Marshall Conference Center – 5301 E Grant Road 85712 (enter on the east side of TMC)
MEAL COST: $12 per person. RSVP for food Required by April 8
For more information please call (520) 795-9484.
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Alex La Pierre is the director and co-founder of Borderlandia, a bi-national organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands. Borderlandia is a travel agency and media company emphasizing citizen-level diplomacy and public history in the borderlands. It organizes Arizona and Mexico cultural exchange tours, offers public presentations, and publishes a digital cultural magazine and podcast. Alex’s work experience spans the nonprofit sector in Ambos Nogales and government, serving with the National Park Service in New Mexico (Pecos & Fort Union) and Arizona (Tumacacori) and specializing in earthen architecture historic preservation and heritage interpretation—his interests and continued research center on the Hispanic cultural heritage of the American Southwest and northern Mexico.