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>

Join Holly and Tracy as they bring you the greatest and strangest Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by iHeartRadio.

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/1ecba1ac-6577-45b5-be99-ae5e01742f55/transcript

Advertisement