Following annexation in 1848 American influence increased and became a major factor after the arrival of the railroad in 1880. The railroad brought ew Mexico into the mainstream of American culture and resulted in a flood of American architectural fashions that were or had been in current use on the East Coast. A wide selection of building materials and manufactured items available to New Mexican builders for the first time was also conducive to change.
Venceslao Jaramillo, the son of a store owner, figured prominently in the development of New Mexico. During his lifetime, Vencesleo was one of four colonels on the staff of territorial governor Otero, a state senator, state chairman of the Republican party and a respected merchant and stockman in the EI Rito area.
Venceslao’s wife, Cleofas, was a member of an esteemed pioneer family in the Arroyo Hondo area.
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