Spanish Colonial North America By Historical Region

Spanish Colonial North America By Historical Region

Spanish Colonial

This area is for historical interpreters (reenactors, living historians, etc.) interested in portraying and researching the Hispanic past of the Southeast and Southwest of what is now the US, specifically the time during the Spanish Colonial period, from the 1500's to 1811.

Top: Recreation: Living History: By Historical Region: North America: Spanish Colonial

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- 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 extensive, lots of information.
- 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.
- HFM is an umbrella group that covers from prehistoric to WWII, with the empathis on Florida history and education. It also covers the Spanish Colonial period.
- 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 mi
- This is the site of a group of historical interpreters for the Luisiana Reg't. Under the leadership of Bernado Galvez, the original Reg't was undefeated in their battles against the British during the "American" Revolution. These interpreters
- 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 addi
- 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 app
- 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.
- This news article talks about the appointment of a new director for the Mission San Luis and the planning that is taking place to build a re-creation of the Presidio there.
- A group of living historians who portray first person impressions of the Presidio Soldados from San Antonio de Bexar. Very accurate uniforms and equipment.
- This is the home page of one of the few reenacting groups in Spain, and therefore a rare site. Napoleonic era, with pictures from the Museum of the Army in Madrid of extreme interest to Spanish Colonial reenactors.
- This website was created by Doña Pátryka Chaves de Tachick to assist members of the New Mexican Hispanic Cultural Preservation League in costuming themselves for their events. While it is a bit disorganized and has some pictures originating on other si
- 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.
- The temporary home of the Alamo de Parras site, before the Texas Revolution. There are extensive resources for research into the soldiers and life the in the Spanish and Mexican period, drawings, glossaries, pictures of artifacts and all kinds of informa
- Bruce is an excellent reenactor, who does his impression for schools and like the wandering Padre, shows up throughout California at various events. This is a quick outline of what he does.
- Spanish Soldiers in Colonial America, The 2nd Catalonians do Colonial Living History Reenactment of Spanish Colonial America, and are very good at it.
- 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.
- A 16th Century New World Garrison, is a group of living-historians based at De Soto National Memorial, in Bradenton, Florida. The organization is named after Captain Pedro Calderón, who was left in charge of the base camp and port, when Hernando de Soto
- This part of the Freetrappers website has quotes (unattributed) and a drawing of a Soldado de Cuera.
- Articles, photos and drawings related to the 18th Century Spanish colonial frontier soldiers of the Royal Presidio of San Diego, Alta California. Extensive site with MIDI music.
- 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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