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Santa Fe / New Mexico History Blog

New Mexico History

Roots of Cowboy Culture

There wouldn’t be a cowboy culture without the horse. More than 500 years ago the first voyage of horses from Spain arrived in America. The

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Santa Fe History

Santa Fe’s Military Legacy

Fort Marcy helped to support and protect traders along the Santa Fe Trail during the Mexican-American War. That year Brigadier-General Stephen Kearny travelled along the

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Death in New Mexico

The Last Family Photo

Photography began in Europe in 1839. That’s when the concept of having a final image of a loved one began to take root.  The most

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New Mexico History

New Mexico’s Popular Saints

Today, November 3rd, is the Catholic feast day of San Martín de Porres. The Black saint is the patron of hairdressers, public health workers, persons

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Death in New Mexico

A Celebration of Death

“To the modern Mexican, death doesn’t have any meaning. …To the inhabitant of New York, Paris or London, death is a word that is never

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Ghost Stories

Legends of the Dead Live On

Geographically, New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the country after Alaska, Texas California, and Montana. Buried in the swathe of more than 121,000

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