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California Military Museum: Spanish & Mexican Period - http://militarymuseum.org/History%20Spnsh%20%26%20Mex%20CA.html
Contains links to articles and sites of interest to the Spanish Coloninal historical interpreter. Includes a collection of original paintings, drawings and photographs from Spanish Colonial to modern times. |
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Original drawings of 1720 Soldados de Cuera - http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/collections.html#
The Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, NM has the Segasser Hide Paintings on display. This is the only place on the web where I've found any representations of these important 1720 drawings. Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger picture. |
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Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts - History, Archaeology, Relics - http://www.artifacts.org/
This site is dedicated to the exhibition and interpretation of ca. 1539-1821 Spanish colonial military artifacts from the former Spanish Floridas and Louisiana. Emphasis is on such uniform-related materials as buttons, buckles, and insignia. |
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Living History Society at the Mission San Juan Capistrano - http://www.missionsjc.com/living_hist.html
This page is part of the larger Mission San Juan Capistrano site and contains info on their Living History Society and when they present. Within the larger site, there are event listings, historical info and pictures of the mission. There is also an application to be admitted to the Society. |
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Los Soldados: Soldiers of the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara - http://www.Soldados.us
This is the official home of Los Soldados, a reenactment group dedicated to portraying the Spanish Soldados de Cuera at the Presidio of Santa Barbara. Very , lots of information. |
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Hispanic America USA (1stBooks) - http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/live.htm
Spanish Colonial Living History pages that contain fairly old information on organizations and events. Part of a collection of pages that discuss the contributions of Hispanics to the USA. Useful for old contact information, even with broken links and missing graphics. |
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Soldados listserver on Yahoo! Groups - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soldados/
This is a discussion listserv, with historians, reenactors and illustrators as members. There are also pictures and articles to download, as well as an event calendar. |
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Presidio San Agustin de Tucson - http://www.tucsonpresidiotrust.org
The Tucson Presidio Trust site is attempting to restore the Presidio to create a national historic and educational area. Includes pictures and an event calendar. |
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Che-lo-han Freetrappers: Soldado de Cuera page - http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/chelohan/soldado.html
This part of the Freetrappers website has quotes (unattributed) and a drawing of a Soldado de Cuera. |
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Spanish Marines - a short history - http://personal.redestb.es/esz/ipasado.htm
This unofficial site for the Marine Corps of Spain has some history and pictures of interest to Spanish Colonial reenactors, especially the uniform pictures at the end of the page. |