Photo from Representative New Mexicans-The National Newspaper Reference Book of the New State containing photographs and biographies of over four hundred men residents of New Mexico, Compiled and published by C.S. Peterson, Denver, Colorado, 1912.



Luna, Solomon

SOLOMON LUNA, banker and stock-raiser, (Rep.) delegate Valencia Co.; Rep. National Committeeman and treas. Rep. Terr. Central Comm.; b. Oct. 18, 1858, Los Lunas, N. M.; s. Antonio and Isabella Luna; grad. Univ. of St. Louis (Mo.); pres. Bank of Commerce, Albuquerque, N. M., since 1904; director various companies and institutions; treas. and collector Valencia Co. since 1894; elected Nov. 7, 1911, as first treasurer and collector, Valencia Co., under state govt.; mem. K. of C, Elks. Address: Los Lunas, N. M.

SOLOMON LUNA
by Tony Perry

[circa 1941]
From an unpublished manuscript on Salomon Luna by Tony Perry, Bergere Collection, Box 8, folder 101. Courtesy of the State Records Center and Archives.
Bergere Family Papers, Accession No. 1975-024, Box 8 Folder 101.





CHAPTER I
SOLOMON’S ANCESTRY


CHAPTER II
SOLOMON’S EDUCATION


CHAPTER III
SOLOMON BECOMES A MAN OF THE WORLD


CHAPTER IV
SOLOMON AND THE SHEEP INDUSTRY


CHAPTER V
POLITICAL CAREER


CHAPTER VI
STATEHOOD OF NEW MEXICO


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