August in an auspicious month in New Mexico history. In numerology the number eight signifies the power to do or be. It also means the
This morning while conducting a historical tour at the Cross of the Martyrs, overlooking the city of Santa Fe, this protest banner and graffiti appeared
Concha Ortiz y Pino was the most influential New Mexican of the 20th Century. Her long life provided nine decades of history. Concha took part
Stewart Udall served as the Secretary of the Interior under the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in the 1960s. He retired to Santa Fe where he
Chabad is the largest and fastest growing segment of Judaism. They came to Santa Fe in 1997 under the direction of Rabbi Berel Levertov. The
Congregation Beit Tikva started at a Passover Seder in April of 1995. The group met in a private home every Friday night for services after the first
The settlement of New Mexico’s Ashkenazi Jews from Germany and other European countries began with the merchants who traversed the Santa Fe Trail from 1848
In the 1930s, a small group of business owners in Santa Fe started a branch of B’nai B’rith, which means “sons of the covenant” in
In 1930 an old 1776 map by Jose de Urruitia of La Villa Real de la Santa Fe came to the attention of a visiting
Nambe Pueblo, which is located at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains 15 miles from Santa Fe, was one of the Native American
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