Web Directory

» California Military Museum: Spanish & Mexican Period
   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.
   http://militarymuseum.org/History%20Spnsh%20%26%20Mex%20CA.html

» Che-lo-han Freetrappers: Soldado de Cuera page
   This part of the Freetrappers website has quotes (unattributed) and a drawing of a Soldado de Cuera.
   http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/chelohan/soldado.html

» Hispanic America USA (1stBooks)
   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 mis
   http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/live.htm

» Los Soldados: Soldiers of the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara
   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.
   http://www.Soldados.us

» Original drawings of 1720 Soldados de Cuera
   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.
   http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/collections.html#

» Presidio San Agustin de Tucson
   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.
   http://www.tucsonpresidiotrust.org

» Soldados listserver on Yahoo! Groups
   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.
   http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soldados/

» Spanish Colonial Military Artifacts - History, Archaeology, Relics
   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.
   http://www.artifacts.org

» Spanish Marines - a short history
   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.
   http://personal.redestb.es/esz/ipasado.htm

» Wills of a Father and Son and A Contribution to the American Revolution
   This article, written by a descendiente (Virginia Sanchez) describes her research into the wills of New Mexican soldados around 1800. The equipment that is listed in the wills makes this very useful to the Spanish Colonial (Presidial) reenactor. In additi
   http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/revolt_1.htm