![Governor Charles Bent House Museum in home of first American Governor of New Mexico, appointed by Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB111.JPG) | ![Portrait of Governor Charles Bent, murdered in his Taos home in the Navaho uprising at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB115.JPG) | ![Piano brought to Taos by ox-team at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB121.JPG) | ![Bent family chair given by Charles Bent to Kit Carson who later returned it to Bent's widow at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB123.JPG) |
Governor Charles Bent House (c1840) Museum (117A Bent St.) in home of first American Governor of New Mexico, appointed (Sept. 1846) by Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny. Taos, NM. | Portrait of Governor Charles Bent, murdered (Jan. 19, 1847) in his Taos home in the Navaho uprising at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Piano brought to Taos (c1858) by ox-team at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Bent family chair given by Charles Bent to Kit Carson who later returned it to Bent's widow at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. |
![Dual spigot coffee urn used by Bent-Scheurich family at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB125.JPG) | ![Drawing of Teresina Bent Scheurich, daughter of Gov. Bent drawn by John Young-Hunter at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB127.JPG) | ![Dress of Maria Josefa Jaramillo Carson at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB128.JPG) | ![Ox-bow yoke at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB131.JPG) |
Dual spigot coffee urn used by Bent-Scheurich family at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Drawing of Teresina Bent Scheurich, daughter of Gov. Bent drawn (1918) by John Young-Hunter at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Dress of Maria Josefa Jaramillo Carson at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Ox-bow yoke at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. |
![Antique objects displayed at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB133.JPG) | ![Double mantled lanterns with two wicks which cast no shadow at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB135.JPG) | ![Objects of New Mexico history at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB141.JPG) | ![Native American objects at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB143.JPG) |
Antique objects displayed at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Double mantled lanterns with two wicks which cast no shadow at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Objects of New Mexico history at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Native American objects at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. |
![Casa Grande pottery effigy pot at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB145.JPG) | ![Pomo Indian basket at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB147.JPG) | ![Hopi Indian basket at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM.](/t/USNM/NMTB149.JPG) | ![Portrait of Charles Bent, a Taos merchant and first civil governor of New Mexico at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM.](/t/USNM/NMFB285.JPG) |
Casa Grande pottery effigy pot at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Pomo Indian basket at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Hopi Indian basket at Governor Bent Museum. Taos, NM. | Portrait of Charles Bent, a Taos merchant and first civil governor of New Mexico at New Mexico History Museum. Santa Fe, NM. |