Terra Patre Farms
Belen, New Mexico
& Southern Colorado
Belen, New Mexico
& Southern Colorado
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.
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.
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