Only in New Mexico will you find Paleoamerican culture. Dating back 11,000 years, America’s prehistoric culture was discovered near Clovis in the 1930s. Speaking of
William Becknell: Father of the Santa Fe Trail In 1821 Mexico had gained independence from Spain. It was then that commercial trade opened with the
The earliest record of the written word in this country began in New Mexico. It was in the year 1610 that Captain Gaspar Perez de
Gunther Aron was born in 1923 in Jastrow, a small town 150 miles northeast of Berlin. He died in Santa Fe, N.M. in 2014. The
Divine inspiration can be found in the work of the late artist Andrea “Drew” Bacigalupa. The artist’s work also had an on-going papal connection. It
Located at 420 Camino Don Miguel, Johnnie’s Cash Store has been in business since 1946. Since that time, seven generations of families have traded with
Bud Kelly, died on August 18, 2020 at the age of 99. Even into his late nineties, Bud remained active. I used to see him
J. Paul Taylor devoted his life to education, first as a teacher and then for the last 13 years of his educational career as the
People like the late Richard J. Gregory have contributed to Santa Fe’s spiritual diversity. He brought the Science of Mind and Spirit to Santa Fe
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover in a national landslide in 1932. His victory was due to the enthusiastic support of people
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