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Hispanic Catholics will often designate a special corner of their house with an altar. The setting will include the veneration for favorite saints and symbols
August 5, 2020
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Hispanic Catholics will often designate a special corner of their house with an altar. The setting will include the veneration for favorite saints and symbols
Doña María Gertrudes Barceló was a legend. In the 1840s and ’50s she operated a gambling hall and brothel in Santa Fe. Doña Tules had
In the early 1930s the process of capturing images known as the daguerreotype was invented in Europe. That creation was followed by the advent of
If you’re an old-timer here in Santa Fe you’ll remember the White Swan Laundry that was located on Cerrillos Road. The business proprietor, Henry Pick,
Historical records indicate that Santa Fe’s San Miguel Mission was built between 1605 and 1608. The church was built by the Franciscan missionaries on the
The wedding of Catherine McCarty and William Antrim took place on March 1, 1873. The ceremony took place in the chapel at the First Presbyterian
Like any good writer, Evan S. Connell melded life experience into his stories. Two of his books Mrs. Bridge published in 1958, and Mr. Bridge
The Carmelites came to Santa Fe in 1945 when Mother Mary Teresa, along with five sisters, established a monastery at Mount Carmel Road located off
Rabbi Leonard A. Helman was Santa Fe’s first rabbi when he came to town in 1974. His first post was at Temple Beth Shalom, which
La Llorona, the wailing woman, is an important part of New Mexico cultural folklore. The legend may have originated in 1520 with the Spanish conquest
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