English in New Mexico Civil War. Aside from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the isolation was similar to the time that New Mexico was culturally isolated from the rest of Spanish America. In 1910, English became the most-widely spoken language in New Mexico, but New Mexican Spanish remains throughout the state and so is given a special status of recognition. After statehood, the Spanish dialect continued to evolve, alongside newcomers, because of increases in travel, for example, along U.S. Route 66. Some words, such as "coyote", have become loanwords into American English after they had been so prevalent in New Mexican English.
Stuart (name) Stuart (name) Stuart is a surname which was also adopted as a given name, traditionally for men. It is the French form of the Scottish surname "Stewart". The French form of the name was brought to Scotland from France by Mary Stuart, in the 16th century. The surname Stewart is an occupational name for the administrative official of an estate. The name is derived from the Middle English "stiward", and Old English "stigweard", "stiweard". The Old English word is composed of the elements "stig", meaning "house(hold)"; and "weard", meaning "guardian". In England prior to the Norman Conquest, a steward was