Terra Patre Farm in Belen, NM, consisting of about twenty acres, is all that
remains of the original two hundred acre farm, part of the two hundred
thousand acre Belen Land Grant of 1742.  Donald A. Chavez y Gilbert is a
descendent of, among others, Belen Land Grant founder, Diego de Torres.
The owner of the farm the year the Mexican American War ended (1848),
and owner at the time the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed soon
after, was his great-great-great grandfather, Juan Nepucemo Chavez. He
married Telesfora Baca in 1848. Both their names still appear on the Middle
Rio Grande Maps (102-103) for Terra Patre farm and surrounding area.
The farm has piece by piece been passed down from one family member or
another to the other through the generations.

Chavez y Gilbert runs the farm in the tradition of his ancestors and has taken
special steps to make it available to the community and local schools as a
teaching farm. Like his ancestors, he has had to strive to preserve what
remains of this farm and protect it from government intrusion, and
confiscatory taxes and ordinances. The long-term plan is to place this farm in
a perpetual trust as a Spanish Colonial Heritage Park to be dedicated to
teaching the children and grandchildren of New Mexico for many
generations how the Old West began and how the first cowboys and
ranchers lived.
About Us
Copyright 2008  Terra Patre Farms. All Rights Reserved.
Website designed and maintained by   ^SB.  Website Photos and Information are properties of Terra Patre Farms.
Please email Terra Patre Farms for permission to use pictures and information.
Email ^SB for a website design quote.
Belen, New Mexico
& Southern Colorado
Terra Patre Farms