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Santa Fe / New Mexico History Blog

Santa Fe History

The Streets of Santa Fe

The roads of Santa Fe were historically named according to their destinations—Agua Fría, Cerrillos, Galisteo, Pecos and Taos. Camino de Chimayó once lead as the

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Death in New Mexico

Disease & Death in New Mexico

According to a recent study by researchers at Harvard University, the Native population in North America was estimated between 2 and 18 million prior to

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Santa Fe History

How Santa Fe Got Its Name

Santa Fe has the distinction of being the first “official” Santa Fe in North America. The city’s name has great historic significance. In 1491 Queen

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Artists

Early Images of Chaco Canyon

Carlos Vierra took aerial photographs of the ancient ruins at Chaco Canyon in 1928. The following year Charles Lindbergh’s took his own archaeological photographs of

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