Many French and French-Canadian fur trappers and traders lived in or operated from Taos. After the fur trade days and the events surrounding the American annexation, the Taos Rebellion, and the Civil War, Taos remained the home of the French families already established there, and new entrepreneurs came to work or do business. The following are some of the names of people and families who lived or did business in Taos. Their stories are in the book. Of course, some are missing, and some lived/worked in several places.
A
Louis Ambroise
Henri Ault
Charles Autobees
B
José Bachelet
Claude Balland
Jean Ballant
Charles Beaubien
Jean Bergenot
Vital Bergeron
John Bernavette
Henri and François Blanc
Joseph “Bijou” Bissonette
Robert Boissière
Brishard (Brisol)
C
Antoine Carbonel
Jean-Baptiste Chalifoux
Pierre-Léopold Chené
Louis-Marie Colons
Antoine Cournoyer
D
Agustin P. D’Amours
Jules Decluet
The DesGeorges family
François Despor
Duchesne
DuPont
F
Louis Febre
Louis Fournier
G
Joseph Gervais
Joseph Girard “El Francés”
Jean Grenier
J
Gabriel Jeantet
L
Denis Lacroix
Jean-Baptiste Lacroix
Father Pierre LaFarge
François Laforêt
Jean-Baptiste La Lande
Pierre Langrue
Henri & Fred Lambert
Antoine Lamy
Antoine Large
Anastasio Larié
William LeBlanc
Antoine and Abraham Ledoux & family
Antoine Leroux
Manuel LeFebre and family
Pierre L’Espérance
Joseph Livernois
M
Alexis Marcil
Marteau
Lucien Maxwell
Henri Mercure
Theodore Mignault
N
The Nolan family
P
Georges Pape
Papin
Jean Pendaries
Etienne Provost
R
Joseph-Michel Riballo
François, Antoine, and Louis Robidoux
José Roture
Father Jean-Marie Roux
S
Baptiste St. Germain
Céran St. Vrain
Jean Sanstête
Pierre Satren
Victor Saunier
Louis and Baptiste Sanserman
José and Luis Serve
François Sioté
T
Nazario Taicoguete
Ignacio Tasacarra
André Terrien
Vincent Thomas
François Turcotte
U
Valentin Urtiaga
V
J. Valiant
Pedro Vial
Catholic priests in Taos:
Alvernhe
Barrau
Blanchot
Cellier
Dehors
Delavelle
Domergue
Fialon
Garassu
Garnier
Giraud
Gourcy
A. Juillard
A. Lamy
Latour
Le Guillou
Mariller
Merle
Pajot
Parisis
Pouget
Rolly
Roux
Seux
Thomas
Ussel
Valezy