Tag: History

Timmy Smith, NFL

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by Mike Magers

Timmy Smth was a running back from Hobbs, NM.  While at Hobbs, he rushed for 2,306 yards and scored 31 rushing touchdowns, both records at the time.  It  attracted Division 1 interest and he signed with Texas Tech.  Though he was injured with knee and ankle problems a great deal of the time he was at Tech, his record shows that he had 292 attempts rushing and gained 1,313 yards, scoring 8 touchdowns.  He also had 41 receptions and gained another 401 yards and one touchtown.  It was enough for him to be drafted by the Washington Redskins.  He was taken 117th in the 5th round of the 1987 NFL draft.

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Coach Eric Roanhaus

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by Mike Magers

Last month, Clovis High School‘s Eric Roanhaus resigned as head football coach of the Wildcats, ending a 44 year run as a coach for the school district, 39 of which he served as head coach.  Coach Roanhaus said that he had been blessed to serve with his fellow coaches, program supporters and parents of his students over this term.  Coach Roanhaus will remain in Clovis and is not retiring from the school district.  At age 69, he said that he plans to return to teaching at some level.

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New Mexico Military Institute

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by Mike Magers

New Mexico Military Institute, or NMMI, was founded in 1891 by Col. Robert Goss and Capt. Joseph C. Lea and was initially known as Goss Military Academy.  New Mexico had been organized as a territory of the United States under the bill known as the Great Compromise of 1850.  Under the bill, California was admitted to the Union, New Mexico and Utah were created as territories out of land gained in the Mexican War (1846-1848), these territories were allowed sovereignty in voting for or against slavery, the boundary between Texas and New Mexico was established and it made it easier for residents of so-called slave states to recover fugitive slaves.  The subject of slavery was hotly debated and this bill was the compromise reached by members of the U. S. Congress.

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School Names: Belen

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The town of Belen (now in Valencia County) is one of the oldest in New Mexico having been founded around 1740 by Spanish colonists.  It is far from being the actual oldest behind Acoma and Taos Pueblo from around 1000, Zuni from around 1450, Santa Fe from 1607 and Albuquerque from 1706.  Its original name was Nuestra Señora de Belén, which is translated Our Lady of Bethlehem and was originally founded under a Spanish land grant.

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