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    2nd Independent Company of Catalonian Volunteers 
    Spanish Soldiers in Colonial America, The 2nd Catalonians do Colonial Living History Reenactment of Spanish Colonial America, and are very good at it.
    http://www.Soldados.org/2ndCat
    Calderon's Company 
    A 16th Century New World Garrison, is a group of living-historians based at De Soto National Memorial, in Bradenton, Florida. The organization is named after Captain Pedro Calderón, who was left in charge of the base camp and port, when Hernando de S
    http://mywebpages.comcast.net/calderon/
    California Military Museum: Spanish & Mexican Period 
    This page is part of the more extensive site for the California Military Museum in Sacramento. It contains links to articles and sites of interest to the Spanish Coloninal historical interpreter. The overall site is framed, with a collection of ori
    http://militarymuseum.org/History%20Spnsh%20%26%20Mex%20CA.html
    Che-lo-han Freetrappers: Soldado de Cuera page 
    This part of the Freetrappers website has quotes (unattributed) and a drawing of a Soldado de Cuera.
    http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/chelohan/soldado.html
    Compañía de Cavallería del Real Presidio de San Antonio de Bexar 
    A group of living historians who portray first person impressions of the Presidio Soldados from San Antonio de Bexar. Very accurate uniforms and equipment.
    http://www.Soldados.org/Bejar
    El Conquistador - AHS Living History Reenactors 
    This page within the site for the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park in Tempe, AZ is for several eras, but the first is 16th century Spanish.
    http://community.tempe.gov/ahs/living.htm
    Father Junípero Serra (Bruce Buonauro) 
    Bruce is an excellent reenactor, who does his impression for schools and like the wandering Padre, shows up throughout California at various events. This is a quick outline of what he does.
    http://www.history-alive.com/serra.htm
    Hispanic America USA (1stBooks) 
    Spanish Colonial Living History pages that contain fairly old information on organizations and events. Part of a collection of pages that discuss the contributions of Hispanics to the USA. Useful for old contact information, even with broken links a
    http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/live.htm
    La Segunda Compañía de las Californias en la Plaza del Reál Presidio de San Dieg 
    Articles, Photos and Drawings related to the 18th Century Spanish Colonial Frontier Solidiers of the Royal Presidio of San Diego, Alta California. Extensive site with MIDI music.
    http://www.Soldados.org/SanDiego
    Living History Society at the Mission San Juan Capistrano 
    This page is part of the larger Mission San Juan Capistrano site and contains info on their Living History Society and when they present. Within the larger site, there are event listings, historical info and pictures of the mission. There is also a
    http://www.missionsjc.com/living_hist.html
    Los Soldados: Soldiers of the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara 
    This is the official home of Los Soldados, a reenactment group dedicated to portraying the Spanish Soldados de Cuera at the Presidio of Santa Barbara. Very extensive, lots of information.
    http://www.Soldados.org/StBarbara
    Original drawings of 1720 Soldados de Cuera 
    The Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, NM has the Segasser Hide Paintings on display. This is the only place on the web where I've found any representations of these important 1720 drawings. Click on the thumbnail to bring up a bigger picture.
    http://www.palaceofthegovernors.org/collections.html#
    Primer Batallón Ligero de Voluntarios de Aragón 
    This is the home page of one of the few reenacting groups in Spain, and therefore a rare site. Napoleonic era, with pictures from the Museum of the Army in Madrid of extreme interest to Spanish Colonial reenactors.
    http://www.soldados.org/Aragon
    Soldados listserver on Yahoo! Groups 
    This is a discussion listserv, with historians, reenactors and illustrators as members. There are also pictures and articles to download, as well as an event calendar.
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/soldados
    Spanish Colonial Troops in Canada 
    This article, by René Chartrand, contains detailed information on the 1st Company of Catalonian Volunteers, stationed in Nootka, Alaska, along with uniform descriptions and paintings by David Rickman.
    http://www.docuweb.ca/SpainInCanada/english/heritage/soldiers.html
    Spanish Marines - a short history 
    This unofficial site for the Marine Corps of Spain has some history and pictures of interest to Spanish Colonial reenactors, especially the uniform pictures at the end of the page.
    http://personal.redestb.es/esz/ipasado.htm
    Weapons & Equipment of the Presidial Soldier 
    Part of the much larger Alamo de Parras framed site with a extensive information about soldiers and life the in the Spanish and Mexican period. There is an dictionary of terms, with drawings and photos of equipment and uniforms, as well as a descrip
    http://alamo-de-parras.welkin.org/history/hispanic_period/parras/militaria/militaria.html
    Wills of a Father and Son and A Contribution to the American Revolution 
    This article, written by a descendiente (Virginia Sanchez) describes her research into the wills of New Mexican soldados around 1800. The equipment that is listed in the wills makes this very useful to the Spanish Colonial (Presidial) reenactor. In
    http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/revolt_1.htm