Doña Maria Gertrudis Barceló was a professional gambler and card dealer in New Mexico in the early 19th century. But the details of her life are all over the place, depending on the source. 

Research: 
New Mexico History Museum. “The Gambling Queen of Santa Fe.” Press Release. 8/20/2009. https://media.newmexicoculture.org/release/91/the-gambling-queen-o
Dominguez, Orae. “Maria Gertrudis Barceló, Doña Tules.” New Mexico History. State Records Center and Archives. https://newmexicohistory.org/2013/10/24/maria-gertrudis-barcelo-dona-tules/
New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative. “Maria Gertrudis Barcelo.” https://www.nmhistoricwomen.org/location/maria-gertrudis-barcelo/ 
National Park Service. “La Tules, María Gertrudis Barceló.” 3/11/2021. https://www.nps.gov/people/maria-gertrudis-barcelo.htm\
Thwaites, Reuben Gold. “Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX - Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839.” Cleveland, Ohio. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1905.
Magoffin, Susan Shelby, and Stella Madeleine Drumm. “Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico : the diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847.” New Haven : Yale University Press, 1962.
Lecompte, Janet. “La Tules and the Americans.” Arizona and the West , Autumn, 1978, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1978). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40168728
Kendall, George Wilkins. “Narrative of the Texan Sante Fé Expedition.” New York : Harper and Brothers. 1846.
Brewerton, G. Douglass. “Incidents of Travel in New Mexico.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. April 1854. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924080772092&view=1up&seq=599&skin=2021&q1=april
Nogar, Anna M. et al. “Nuevomexicano Cultural Memory and the Indo-Hispana Mujerota.” Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Winter 2016). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26310186
Chávez, Fray Angélico. “Doña Tules, Her Fame and Her Funeral.” From “Santa Fe Nativa: A Collection of Nuevomexicano Writing.” University of New Mexico Press. 2009.
Cook, Mary J. Straw. “Doña Tules: Santa Fe’s Courtesan and Gambler.” University of New Mexico Press. 2007.

Do&ntilde;a Maria Gertrudis Barcel&oacute; was a professional gambler and card dealer in New Mexico in the early 19th century. But the details of her life are all over the place, depending on the source.&nbsp;
Research:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>New Mexico History Museum. &ldquo;The Gambling Queen of Santa Fe.&rdquo; Press Release. 8/20/2009. https://media.newmexicoculture.org/release/91/the-gambling-queen-o</li>
<li>Dominguez, Orae. &ldquo;Maria Gertrudis Barcel&oacute;, Do&ntilde;a Tules.&rdquo; New Mexico History. State Records Center and Archives. https://newmexicohistory.org/2013/10/24/maria-gertrudis-barcelo-dona-tules/</li>
<li>New Mexico Historic Women Marker Initiative. &ldquo;Maria Gertrudis Barcelo.&rdquo; https://www.nmhistoricwomen.org/location/maria-gertrudis-barcelo/&nbsp;</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;La Tules, Mar&iacute;a Gertrudis Barcel&oacute;.&rdquo; 3/11/2021. https://www.nps.gov/people/maria-gertrudis-barcelo.htm\</li>
<li>Thwaites, Reuben Gold. &ldquo;Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX - Part II of Gregg's Commerce of the Prairies, 1831-1839.&rdquo; Cleveland, Ohio. The Arthur H. Clark Company. 1905.</li>
<li>Magoffin, Susan Shelby, and Stella Madeleine Drumm. &ldquo;Down the Santa Fe Trail and into Mexico : the diary of Susan Shelby Magoffin, 1846-1847.&rdquo; New Haven : Yale University Press, 1962.</li>
<li>Lecompte, Janet. &ldquo;La Tules and the Americans.&rdquo; Arizona and the West , Autumn, 1978, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1978). https://www.jstor.org/stable/40168728</li>
<li>Kendall, George Wilkins. &ldquo;Narrative of the Texan Sante F&eacute; Expedition.&rdquo; New York : Harper and Brothers. 1846.</li>
<li>Brewerton, G. Douglass. &ldquo;Incidents of Travel in New Mexico.&rdquo; Harper&rsquo;s New Monthly Magazine. April 1854. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924080772092&amp;view=1up&amp;seq=599&amp;skin=2021&amp;q1=april</li>
<li>Nogar, Anna M. et al. &ldquo;Nuevomexicano Cultural Memory and the Indo-Hispana Mujerota.&rdquo; Journal of the Southwest, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Winter 2016). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26310186</li>
<li>Ch&aacute;vez, Fray Ang&eacute;lico. &ldquo;Do&ntilde;a Tules, Her Fame and Her Funeral.&rdquo; From &ldquo;Santa Fe Nativa: A Collection of Nuevomexicano Writing.&rdquo; University of New Mexico Press. 2009.</li>
<li>Cook, Mary J. Straw. &ldquo;Do&ntilde;a Tules: Santa Fe&rsquo;s Courtesan and Gambler.&rdquo; University of New Mexico Press. 2007.</li>
</ul>

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Doña Maria Gertrudis Barceló was a professional gambler and card dealer in New Mexico in the early 19th century. But the details of her life are all over the place, depending on the source.

Maria Gertrudis Barceló, Santa Fe’s Gambling Queen

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Very soon after it was completed in 1842, the Bunker Hill monument started to be about a lot more than just the battle that took place on June 17, 1775. 

Research:
"Battle of Bunker Hill." Britannica Library, Encyclopædia Britannica, 18 Nov. 2025. libraries.state.ma.us/login?eburl=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.eb.com&ebtarget=%2Flevels%2Freferencecenter%2Farticle%2FBattle-of-Bunker-Hill%2F18086&ebboatid=9265928. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
Markoe, Lauren. “Gun Owners take Aim at New Law.” The Patriot Ledger. Oct. 10 and 11 1998.
National Park Service. “Peter Brown.” Last updated 2/26/2025. https://www.nps.gov/people/peter-brown.htm
National Park Service. “Remembering Revolution: Bunker Hill Monument.” Last updated 1/2/2025. https://www.nps.gov/bost/remembering-revolution.htm#27EBF851-37AB-4F4E-AA50-9BEDD914F0CC
Webster, Daniel. “Dedication Speech for the Unveiling of the Bunker Hill Monument.” 6/17/1843. Via American Battlefield Trust. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/dedication-speech-unveiling-bunker-hill-monument
National Park Service. “The Bunker Hill Monument Association: Expressing Gratitude and Patriotism.” Last updated 1/22/2024. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bhma.htm
National Park Service. “Bunker Hill Lodge.” Last updated 1/12/2026. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bh-lodge.htm
National Park Service. “King Solomon's Lodge.” Last updated 3/30/2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bh-ksl.htm
Warren, George Washington. “The history of the Bunker Hill monument association during the first century of the United States of America.” Bunker Hill Monument Association. https://archive.org/details/historyofbunkerh00warr/
The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire. “Caleb Stark.” https://www.socnh.org/caleb-stark/
Stebbins, G.B. “May Day – North and South.” The liberator. v.16:no.21(1846:May 22). Via Digital Commonwealth. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:gb19h555q
Mansfield, Howard. “Silent Witness.” Yankee. Mar/Apr2025, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p80-106.
National Park Service. “Bunker Hill Monument Projection, 1998.” https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bunker-hill-monument-projection-1998.htm
Hay, John. “Broken Hearths: Melville's ‘Israel Potter’ and the Bunker Hill Monument.” The New England Quarterly , June 2016, Vol. 89, No. 2 (June 2016). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24718238
Purcell, Sarah J. “Commemoration, Public Art, and the Changing Meaning of the Bunker Hill Monument.” The Public Historian , Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring 2003). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/tph.2003.25.2.55
Everett, Edward. “An oration delivered at Charlestown, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1850.” Boston. 1850. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822038214979
National Park Service. “Irish Claims to the Revolution.” 2/26/2025. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/irish-claims-to-the-revolution.htm
“Unworthy of Concord: A Know-nothing Appeal.” Pilot, Volume 38, Number 18, 1 May 1875. https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=pilot18750501-01.2.19&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------+%2C+4----------------
National Park Service. “Operation POW.” March 1, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/operation-pow.htm

Very soon after it was completed in 1842, the Bunker Hill monument started to be about a lot more than just the battle that took place on June 17, 1775.&nbsp;
Research:
<ul>
<li>"Battle of Bunker Hill." Britannica Library, Encyclop&aelig;dia Britannica, 18 Nov. 2025. libraries.state.ma.us/login?eburl=https%3A%2F%2Flibrary.eb.com&amp;ebtarget=%2Flevels%2Freferencecenter%2Farticle%2FBattle-of-Bunker-Hill%2F18086&amp;ebboatid=9265928. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.</li>
<li>Markoe, Lauren. &ldquo;Gun Owners take Aim at New Law.&rdquo; The Patriot Ledger. Oct. 10 and 11 1998.</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Peter Brown.&rdquo; Last updated 2/26/2025. https://www.nps.gov/people/peter-brown.htm</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Remembering Revolution: Bunker Hill Monument.&rdquo; Last updated 1/2/2025. https://www.nps.gov/bost/remembering-revolution.htm#27EBF851-37AB-4F4E-AA50-9BEDD914F0CC</li>
<li>Webster, Daniel. &ldquo;Dedication Speech for the Unveiling of the Bunker Hill Monument.&rdquo; 6/17/1843. Via American Battlefield Trust. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/dedication-speech-unveiling-bunker-hill-monument</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;The Bunker Hill Monument Association: Expressing Gratitude and Patriotism.&rdquo; Last updated 1/22/2024. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bhma.htm</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Bunker Hill Lodge.&rdquo; Last updated 1/12/2026. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bh-lodge.htm</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;King Solomon's Lodge.&rdquo; Last updated 3/30/2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bh-ksl.htm</li>
<li>Warren, George Washington. &ldquo;The history of the Bunker Hill monument association during the first century of the United States of America.&rdquo; Bunker Hill Monument Association. https://archive.org/details/historyofbunkerh00warr/</li>
<li>The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire. &ldquo;Caleb Stark.&rdquo; https://www.socnh.org/caleb-stark/</li>
<li>Stebbins, G.B. &ldquo;May Day &ndash; North and South.&rdquo; The liberator. v.16:no.21(1846:May 22). Via Digital Commonwealth. https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:gb19h555q</li>
<li>Mansfield, Howard. &ldquo;Silent Witness.&rdquo; Yankee. Mar/Apr2025, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p80-106.</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Bunker Hill Monument Projection, 1998.&rdquo; https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/bunker-hill-monument-projection-1998.htm</li>
<li>Hay, John. &ldquo;Broken Hearths: Melville's &lsquo;Israel Potter&rsquo; and the Bunker Hill Monument.&rdquo; The New England Quarterly , June 2016, Vol. 89, No. 2 (June 2016). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24718238</li>
<li>Purcell, Sarah J. &ldquo;Commemoration, Public Art, and the Changing Meaning of the Bunker Hill Monument.&rdquo; The Public Historian , Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring 2003). Via JSTOR. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/tph.2003.25.2.55</li>
<li>Everett, Edward. &ldquo;An oration delivered at Charlestown, on the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17, 1850.&rdquo; Boston. 1850. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822038214979</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Irish Claims to the Revolution.&rdquo; 2/26/2025. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/irish-claims-to-the-revolution.htm</li>
<li>&ldquo;Unworthy of Concord: A Know-nothing Appeal.&rdquo; Pilot, Volume 38, Number 18, 1 May 1875. https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&amp;d=pilot18750501-01.2.19&amp;e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------+%2C+4----------------</li>
<li>National Park Service. &ldquo;Operation POW.&rdquo; March 1, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/operation-pow.htm</li>
</ul>

Very soon after it was completed in 1842, the Bunker Hill monument started to be about a lot more than just the battle that took place on June 17, 1775. 

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