Mitheral
"Growf!"
History of New Mexico
Duncan Moran, age 20, travels back in time from the early 21st century to 1881 to the Territory of New Mexico in a time capsule of his own invention. More specifically he travels to Albuquerque, NM for this is where he was from in the 21st century. (New Mexico won’t be a state until 1912.)
Homesteaders began moving into the area in the late 1870’s as the trains finally began to reach the region. The train reached Santa Fe in 1880, later Albuquerque, and Deming in 1881. The New Mexico Education Association will form in 1886. The first colleges will open in 1889.
Note: The Homestead Act was in 1862.
Your Character
You are a young woman (18-22) that has either grown up in the region or moved here during this turbulent era. You can live on a ranch or in town. But I am using Albuquerque as the focal point. (It started its boom in 1880-81. Crime skyrockets in downtown until they finally get a marshall.) You can even be foreign and have immigrated with hopes of living the American dream. (However, read the history brief below.) I enjoy characters that represent a little imagination and creativity, so I don’t want to tell you what to be. Big ranch owner’s daughter? School teacher? (Civil War anything doesn’t fit because of time. You would have been a child.)
History Brief
(Billy the Kid’s big period was 1878-1880.) You may want to avoid being hispanic (nuevomexicanos) as they were second class citizens. Native Americans had it worse. Slavery and even indentured servitude was outlawed in New Mexico in 1862, but blacks are less than second class citizens in this time. Same is true for just about anyone not White really. And women won’t get to vote until 1920 in New Mexico.
Our young man is age 21, unfamiliar with colloquial mannerisms, speech, clothing, costs, culture. But he has studied the history of the period rather heavily and recently. He stands out in a crowd without trying. He is 6’7” built like a football quarterback, short black hair, sharp blue eyes. He walks with a limp (left side) and wears a fingerless deerskin leather glove on his left hand. He is well armed with both rifle and pistol - a Peacemaker.
This is to be an Advanced / Detailed RP. I am looking for a writer not so wrapped up in other RP’s and real life that they can’t post steadily, preferably at least every other day. Posts should be written in 3rd person, past tense.
Optional: If my character has been in the area long enough to establish himself, several options open up. The locals may decide he needs a little help and place an ad in the paper for a mail order bride. Other socially questionable options are available.
Duncan Moran, age 20, travels back in time from the early 21st century to 1881 to the Territory of New Mexico in a time capsule of his own invention. More specifically he travels to Albuquerque, NM for this is where he was from in the 21st century. (New Mexico won’t be a state until 1912.)
Homesteaders began moving into the area in the late 1870’s as the trains finally began to reach the region. The train reached Santa Fe in 1880, later Albuquerque, and Deming in 1881. The New Mexico Education Association will form in 1886. The first colleges will open in 1889.
Note: The Homestead Act was in 1862.
Your Character
You are a young woman (18-22) that has either grown up in the region or moved here during this turbulent era. You can live on a ranch or in town. But I am using Albuquerque as the focal point. (It started its boom in 1880-81. Crime skyrockets in downtown until they finally get a marshall.) You can even be foreign and have immigrated with hopes of living the American dream. (However, read the history brief below.) I enjoy characters that represent a little imagination and creativity, so I don’t want to tell you what to be. Big ranch owner’s daughter? School teacher? (Civil War anything doesn’t fit because of time. You would have been a child.)
History Brief
(Billy the Kid’s big period was 1878-1880.) You may want to avoid being hispanic (nuevomexicanos) as they were second class citizens. Native Americans had it worse. Slavery and even indentured servitude was outlawed in New Mexico in 1862, but blacks are less than second class citizens in this time. Same is true for just about anyone not White really. And women won’t get to vote until 1920 in New Mexico.
Our young man is age 21, unfamiliar with colloquial mannerisms, speech, clothing, costs, culture. But he has studied the history of the period rather heavily and recently. He stands out in a crowd without trying. He is 6’7” built like a football quarterback, short black hair, sharp blue eyes. He walks with a limp (left side) and wears a fingerless deerskin leather glove on his left hand. He is well armed with both rifle and pistol - a Peacemaker.
This is to be an Advanced / Detailed RP. I am looking for a writer not so wrapped up in other RP’s and real life that they can’t post steadily, preferably at least every other day. Posts should be written in 3rd person, past tense.
Optional: If my character has been in the area long enough to establish himself, several options open up. The locals may decide he needs a little help and place an ad in the paper for a mail order bride. Other socially questionable options are available.
