Excerpt from New Mexico Historical Review At mid-nineteenth century in Taos and Santa Fe, when the German Jewish merchant took his place alongside the American-and Mexican-born storekeeper, a commercial revolution had begun. There can be doubt that the German Jew was the moving force in this change of pace. It is true that one can find an occasional n-Jew who made his contribution, and Franz Huning was one such person - although even he was a German immigrant. Miguel Desmarais, a French Canadian, established his store in Las Vegas before Kearny made his entry. His enterprise was carried on by a nephew, Charles Blanchard, with branches in Socorro, Carthage, and San Pedro, and perhaps these businessmen should receive credit in this regard. Trinidad Romero of Las Vegas was an in-and-out, t very successful merchant who played a mir part. Peter Joseph of Taos, who founded his store in 1840, an enterprise that was continued by his son, Antonio, for ten years the Territorial Delegate to Congress, has obscure beginnings and perhaps he was t an exception to our theme after all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.