History and government of New Mexico . m everywhere. Among them were greatnumbers of that restless, active type of people who con-stantly seek the newer regionsof the frontier. Charmed bythe new wild life on NewMexicos plains and mountains,or engrossed in the new wealththey were winning in mining,stock ranching, merchandising,or speculating, they forgot thefiner thing of building up a newcivilization for themselves andtheir children. Many of them,of course, had no families andno intention of staying in NewMexico any longer than wasnecessary to secure an easy fortune to take away withthem. Like
History and government of New Mexico . m everywhere. Among them were greatnumbers of that restless, active type of people who con-stantly seek the newer regionsof the frontier. Charmed bythe new wild life on NewMexicos plains and mountains,or engrossed in the new wealththey were winning in mining,stock ranching, merchandising,or speculating, they forgot thefiner thing of building up a newcivilization for themselves andtheir children. Many of them,of course, had no families andno intention of staying in NewMexico any longer than wasnecessary to secure an easy fortune to take away withthem. Like some of the wealthy New Mexicans beforethem, they did not want to contribute a dollar of theirmoney to anything. But as the decade (1880-1890) advanced a new type ofimmigrants came in increasing numbers. They were thesettler class who came to build homes and grow up with the *new country. Accustomed to public education in theolder States, they were immediately struck by the absenceof educational opportunities for their children. Soon. Hiram Hadley, PioneerEducator EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1850 221 groups of earnest men here and there were seriously dis-cussing the problem of education. Only a population ofeducated and intelligent men and women would everdevelop New Mexicos natural resources and build here agreat State. 259. The New Mexico Educational Association. — Thefirst public evidence of the new movement came in Decem-ber, 1886, when the New Mexico Educational Associa-
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